A Comment - Power To Help the People or To Fill their Pockets?

·         Paul B in Los Angeles wrote: [this is good]

“As Greg Gutfled said last night on Red Eye (Fox News Channel) "I'd rather be in my pajamas in Costa Rica than President of Honduras" (or something like that).

I don't think Zeyala, Chavez and their brethren care much about the people who they claim to be seeking power to help. They just want to help themselves but are not honest enough to admit it. They are greedy for money and power but then aren't we all really. Adam Smith recognized this human characteristic and proposed that a free enterprise system, were every person was free to compete to serve the community (meaning marketplace of people who wanted and needed things and were willing and able to buy them) would take advantage of mankind's desire to prosper and live well and reward the creative and productive members of society with profit. In the process those business owners would enrich other members of the society through employment as well as fund the requirements of legitimate government through paying taxes. Of course there are always going to be abuses by those (like Zeyala, Chavez, Castro, Soros, etc.) who don't have a problem with taking advantage of those less talented or able to produce.

Of course Adam Smith was a devout man who also understood that no system, collectivist of competitive, could provide a good life for all without the leaders of that system adhering to a legal system that had for its basis the principles which our creator has given us to live by.”

Thank you Paul for your thoughts. 

I thought  that rather than having someone going through the comments left on the Zeyala article  to read your note that it deserves to be read and chose to present it here - hope you don't mind.

There is so much talk and threats from major World Organizations all promoting the return to Zeyala to the office of President. Sometimes doing what appears to be the right thing may not be in the interest of general population. Zeyala should realize that a return to office could result is a bad ending and may very well jeopardise his life.  I don't think that the soldiers who righted the floundering ship would welcome Zeyala to their own detriment. Zeyala is just one person and his goal is not in the interest of the people. He should compromise and attenmpt to return in good terms and seek another way to help his people - if that is true goal.