Have you Done Your Homework?

I believe that everyone that starts a business wants to be successful, otherwise why did they start there own business. I also believe that if you work hard to start a business that you should be rewarded and not punished for your success, your reward of course is a higher income. My question is this, should we as business owners be punished with higher taxes for becoming successful?
My wife’s uncle lost his job a few years ago. He was a hospital administrator before he lost his job. He then purchased a struggling company and turned things around. He works very hard doing jobs that aren’t very pleasant but he has become very successful and has made a lot of money. Should he be punished for his hard work with higher taxes?
We are all going to school right now to better improve ourselves and hopefully obtain a high paying job. We are currently working on mock companies, ideas which hopefully will pay off. The same lessons and questions that we learn with these mock companies can be applied to our real life situation. If our company becomes successful should we be punished? Or in other words, if we work hard as a group, should part of our grade go to another group and in affect lower our grade? No, I didn’t think so.
As some of you may have caught on I am talking about the current election we have. One candidate believes you should keep your hard earned money while the other believes that it’s better to take your success and give it to someone else. Now I’m not going to tell you which candidate believes what because that’s your job and the purpose of this blog. Do you know your candidate? Have you done your own research or are you relying on others? What are you basing your decision on, race, sex, party lines, peer pressure, or perhaps rumors? If you are basing your decision on any of the above if so why? We have an opportunity to participate in a process that not everyone in the world has and wouldn’t it be a shame to waste by voting for one of the above reasons.
All I ask is for you to do your own homework; search all candidates not just the two from the major parties. Look at their respective websites and don’t just go on hearsay. Don’t just go off of what your college professors say because they are human and can be biased as well. Research their public records after looking at their website to verify their clams and be weary of some blogs.
Now as a final passage I want to dispel two rumors that are out there. First Barack Obama is not a Muslim and those that say that he is are just trying to scare you. He turned to Christianity years ago, hence the whole Jeremiah Write issue. Second, the fact that John McCain does not use the internet is true; however what people don’t tell is the reason why. He can’t use a computer because of his injuries that he received as POW during the Vietnam War. Both of these examples have been exploited by both sides. Hopefully this will send you on your quest for finding the right person for you. Remember, don just think about your current situation but where you see yourself in a few years because how you vote will not only affect your current circumstances but your future situation as well.