Reply #29: The inequity of wealth

[Wayninsky]

I have a neighbor that only has two children: two teenage boys. My neighbor, John, has several beautiful fruit trees in his yard. He has worked hard many years to cultivate those trees. And each year he has a large garden in his yard that produces a prodigious amount of produce. John and his sons work hard each year to ensure a bounteous harvest. In years past they have even shared with us some of their fruits, albeit only a tiny pittance of the total harvest.

My wife and I have six children, all still at home. I don’t think it is right that they should have to work as hard as John’s sons. I don’t like to work that hard either. It is my right to enjoy my evenings and weekends without having to worry about extra work.

Because we have six children we sometimes have a hard time making ends meet. Between birthdays, food, entertainment, etc. we sometimes find it difficult to make our mortgage payment because the greedy bank charges too much. And then the children suffer. It is not right that the children should suffer.

And it is not right that John should have all of that free produce to himself. He should have to share more of it with my family. After all, he has so much and we have so little. And he only has to provide for two kids while we have six – we deserve more. Didn’t Jesus teach that there should be no poor among you?

John should have to pay his fair share. I am therefore calling for the city council to pass an ordinance confiscating John’s extra harvest and dividing it up among those of us who are more deserving of it because we need it more!