Greed good Criminal bad

Greed (excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions)
This word is to easy to use but to hard to admit. See the problem is that everyone says that the other person who has more is greedy and they assume that they are not. The truth is that if we are willing to admit it, we all want more. We want more pay, a bigger house, a nicer car, more vacation time and just about everything we can. We usually say we don’t want anything for free but so many people are asking for government aid and living off of the kindness of churches and other aid organizations.
I have only met one or two people in my life who did not want more.
Our esteemed publisher of the Citrus County Chronicle (who I do think does a very good job), talked recently about the possible end of greed. I hope that I miss read what he said, I know that when people take advantage of others it is criminal. When someone try’s to make as much as they can for their effort is living the American dream, it is not greed. I hope that if the Chronicle readership was to increase and the board decided to give Gerry Mulligan a raise he would take it, if the readership expanded by a huge number and the board decided on another raise he would take it. This of course would (wrongly) be looked at by those who are not getting pay raises as greed, but the truth is it is the American dream.
I just hope that each boss I have is greedy enough to keep me in a job and greedy enough to make the business profitable. I hope that we can get the criminal out of business (just like they did with Bernie Madhoff) and get people to understand that earning money is good. The more you earn the better it is for everyone, this jealousy of others (read wealth envy) has got to stop! We need to teach our kids to try to be and frugal and as hard earning as possible. The combination of these two things can help people be happier in their life. Greed, I say we need more of it.