“Then you want everyone to live in poverty?” I queried.
“Absolutely,” he replied.
May I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0452011876/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256297122&sr=1-1
Here’s a good quote from one reviewer: I highly recommend this book. It shows that hard work is the way to go. If you allow government to consume everything you will get nothing but digested waste. I am not going to go into it any further so that I do not give anything away. One of my favorite parts is the term for government people: “looters.”
I actually know someone who also believes this way--as long as he is also living poorly. He's a socialist because he's poor. He freely admits it.
Yeah, “absolutely,” so long as he gets to keep his 60” TV.