A Tiger Shall Lead Them     
              
   Politicians like senators Warren and Sanders might get better ideas from an average Joe on how to help forgotten people. 

   Joe Burrow - way above average on the gridiron - completed his final season at LSU by winning the Heisman Trophy and leading his team Monday night to a decisive national championship. His 2019 Tigers might be one of the two best teams in college football history, along with 2001 Miami. 
 

Burrow in New York

   During his emotional speech in December, Burrow said: "I'm up here for all those kids that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school." 

   The problem in his home county in Ohio - as in several northern states - is that industry moved out and coal mining has declined. Proud people don't ask for a handout; they ask for jobs. 

   Athens County, on the edge of Appalachia, is the most impoverished in the state, its poverty double the national average. Burrow did not ask government to redistribute wealth by force, or interfere with wealth creating policies that allow most Americans to live comfortably.  

   One sentence from a college athlete. Within days more than 12,000 responded to a fundraiser - Burrow didn't ask for that either - contributing more than $500,000 by mid-January. Many donors live in Louisiana. 

   Officials, including Joe's pastor, are searching for ways to give this uplift long life, not just one-and-done. As Lincoln said, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him to fish..."

   The Heritage Foundation version: "Focus shouldn't be on redistributing wealth but on figuring out how to uplift people who are struggling."  

   In 1995, 15 countries had wealth taxes. Only four remain. For several reasons, the Warren-Sanders socialist game plan never crosses the goal line. Worse, it results in negative yardage for the forgotten.  

      Jimmy