I would also add that my third takeaway had more to do with challenging the typical notion by the Left that without government welfare programs, no one would help those in need. For all the faults of the American people, we are the most generous people in the world (this includes those in the 1% as well as the remaining 99%).

Before the government got into the social welfare business, there were private groups called mutual aid societies. Members paid in to the society, voted on bylaws, had codes of ethics they expected each member to live by (most stressed self reliance and required something from those receiving help), and received benefits in the event of sickness, job loss, death, or other hardship (depending on the society). These voluntary societies were eventually (for the most part) crowded out mostly by government welfare programs in the early 20th century (if the government is going to take care of me in times of trouble, why do I need to pay into this society?).

Funny that you’d decry taxation in an article talking about how great these teachers and administrators of a taxpayer-funded school were.

Except, you know, he wasn’t. He was decrying forced wealth redistribution. This is not the same as taxation to pay for a government service.

And, of course, you ignore that it wasn’t the 1% helping this student, it was other people making relatively low salaries who found ways to help her.

Except, you know, he didn’t. Point 3 specifically refers to “regular people”. Now, unless the English language has been twisted beyond comprehension, it is in no way reasonable to assume that “regular people” = the 1%.

“Or…” must have been reading a different article or something…

And, of course, you ignore that it wasn’t the 1% helping this student, it was other people making relatively low salaries who found ways to help her. Ask all the employees who lost their jobs when Mitt Romney fired them as part of downsizing a newly-acquired company how wise it is to rely on the 1%’s charity. Relying on charity from the 1% (except in the remarkably rare cases like Bill Gates) is a fool’s errand.