[Carnivore]

I'm for giving assistance to people based on their needs and I do believe that the wealthier you are, the greater your responsibility to society. I am very much aware of the abuses of welfare that take place, getting the opportunity to meet the wonderful Medicaid abusers at work all the time. You'll be shocked to know that I approve of drug testing for benefits and other initiatives aimed at curtailing such abuse. If it comes down to having some people abuse their benefits or having people who really need the benefits not getting them, however, I'd chose the former.

As for religion, I believe religion has no place in government, but everybody should be free to practice the religion of their choice on their own time.

Don't make it sound like the rich paying more taxes because they have a lot more money is redistribution of wealth. The rich are still getting richer!

I believe I need to define what I consider rich. I do not consider your $54,000 a year small business owner rich. I'm talking about the top 20% that controls almost 95% of the wealth. I'm talking about the corporations paying only 11.4% of the taxes in this country when they paid 27% in the 50s. I'm all for helping Bob's General Store instead of AOL Time Warner.

Your eventual position in life should not be determined by the situation into which you were born. Everyone deserves an equal opportunity. In my opinion, the way to do this is to ensure everyone has access to a good education. Rich kids like King George go to Phillips Academy. Poor kids go to the non-accredited Lawrence High School one town away. Given the same opportunities, 98% of those poor kids could do better than King George, I'd wager. They didn't choose to be born into that situation. Is it fair that their options are limited from the moment they're born?

As for the Malevolent Seal of Approval™, I stated I would no longer issue them to people for "owning" you. You're public property by virtue of your utter stupidity. So keep drawing with your magic markers, try not to stick them places they don't belong, and try to refrain from making stupid assumptions.