To give huge tax breaks to big American corporations they have supported a misogynistic, draft dodging, Russian-loving, racist promoting, prevaricating, mentally unbalanced president. Those people are definitely not Republican Congressional officeholders. Some people find the idea that the ends justify the means a repugnant one. Scrooge contended that the ends justify the means and if unfairness gets you to your goals, so be it. And the reason they do is because they play fair. Scrooge was fond of saying, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” To achieve that objective, keep your playthings to yourself!ĭon’t play fair: It’s a truism that nice guys finish last. Hoard what you can and dole out only what you are forced to give up. Therefore, unless you’re a communist or a masochist, share as little as possible. Share as little as possible: Whether it’s material things or feelings, the less you share with others the more you will have for your own enjoyment. I’ve found these principles quite useful in daily living. Scrooge also taught us more wide-ranging principles about how to behave and many of them are contrary to the ones Fulghum learned in school.
She’d walk around the classroom and tell us children things like, “Purchase gilt-edge securities and hold onto them.” “Buy low, sell high.” “Price your goods to move.” We had no idea what she was talking about, but those maxims made me a ton of money when I became an adult. Edwina Scrooge, my kindergarten teacher, had a teaching philosophy that revolved around the principles of the free market system. Well, I learned very different things in kindergarten. Among the things he learned there were: share everything, play fair, clean up your own mess, say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody, and don’t take things that aren’t yours.
“All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” So wrote Robert Fulghum, in his best-selling book of the same title.
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