well piezoe, this is where you and I part company. But thank you for putting forth the progressive point of view. I'm already powerful enough, I don't need the government to help me. And I'm just about powerful enough that they should tame me down a little. I care about the poor, but I'll help them myself, one by one if you don't mind, and I can't help them with you constantly on my back. Now you go do your thinking and I'll go do my making, and we'll get along fine.
Oldtime, your remark reminds me of a remark attributed to Richard Nixon, likely apocryphal: "What unemployment are you talking about? All my friends are working."