Dump Labor Day - Celebrate Veteran's Day

Why on Earth do we celebrate labor day?  Imagine how people would feel if we established a national holiday to honor and recognize the contributions of the most productive, those who pay the lion's share of taxes and take the greatest risks in providing employment and creating wealth in our country.  We don't have such a day but for around 100 years we have had a holiday to honor the contributions of "workers".  Why on Earth do we have a national day off (of school or work) to honor "workers" for their contributions?    Everyone who is employed "works", whether they are the CIO of a Fortune 500 company or a day laborer. Only socialists and communists attach a greater value to the labor of "workers" so why do we sanction that failed and deadly ideology with this holiday.  Why do we keep labor day as a day off but make (in many schools) Veteran's day a regular school day?   I have to take my teens out of school "unexcused" in order for them to attend Veteran's Day events; that's just plain wrong.  47% of employed people in this country pay no income tax, and they are not the "rich" ... they are the recipients of programs funded by those who do pay income taxes.  Who honors the 53% who do pay income taxes?  It is time to do away with Labor Day as a national holiday.