Dragon, I know where you are coming from, but I think you are too kind to the moochers. They know damn well that their "Government" handout originates in their neighbors wallet. Their professed hatred of the wealth producers is the evidence. They hate the "good" just because it's so.

Life and our minds must be held sacred before we can hold freedom sacred.

At first, I read that as "scared." I think both statements are true.

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."