Please and thank you

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give out to someone without first taking it away from somebody else.

You cannot multiply wealth simply by dividing it.

When half the people think they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half realize they are working for practically nothing, this then is the beginning of the end of our Canadian society.

Furthermore, have we really reached the stage where it is acceptable to ignore someone doing us a favour?

I was brought up to believe that two short phrases are the most important of all – a simple “please and thank you.”

Ted Douglas, Penticton