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Well, I DO believe in a level playing field. It's pretty fundamental with me ("all men are created equal" and all that rot).

I'll go for a sales tax as long as the sale of EVERYTHING, including the instruments of capital, are included. Otherwise, I'm for a flat income tax.

The reasons there are generations of people who know of no other way to make a living besides welfare are varied and complex. They involve everything from the history of race relations in America to the misdirected paternalistic do-gooder efforts of liberals.