In Defense of Billionaires

Early in my career Michael Swaine offered me one of my first writing assignments along with a great deal of encouragement. He didn’t have to do that, and I owe him a debt of gratitude. We disagree politically; sometimes we deeply offend each other. And yet we remain friends. Today I see he reposted this on Facebook.

This resentment against people doing well reminds me of an old quote from Bernard Meltzer. Meltzer…