[charlie22]

Another thought: for those that agree that the govt should take from the wealthy because they can obviously afford to pay higher taxes and redistribute that money to the poor in the form of welfare because they need it, I want to remind you that it was Karl Marx who coined the phrase: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need". Mr. Marx, as hopefully all know, was the father of the socialism/communism theory.

I agree with a limited form of the social compact theory, but when a majority of Americans are paying no amount of federal income taxes and the minority are paying the load (and some people like our president want the minority to pay even more), we have moved beyond limited social compact and are on our way to socialism.