Paul, this idea would require effective control and the US Goverment cannot do much right except spend our money. Here, for years and years, we paid women to have more and more children out of wedlock. The more irresponsible you were, the bigger the check you received. Now, our prisons are full of these folks, but they do get free healthcare, color TV, health club facilities, a bed in which to sleep and a roof over their head.

We have porus borders here, and we cannot and/or will not control them. To me, this should be a pretty simple task. If healthcare were free, it would not be long before the taxpayers would be providing "free" healthcare to every illegal with a pulse. They already get education breaks that U.S. citizens don't get. Soon, the minority of citizens will be supporting the majority of the citizens. Like another poster said, I worked very hard to EARN what I have. To get my college degree, I went to night school for 12 years. I earned my professional CFP designation and I have worked for seventeen years to build my business. I have been given nothing!!! While I was doing this and for centuries previous, others were whining and looking for excuses not to succeed and looking for a handout. These folks need to learn their actions had and have consequences.

If the "wealthy" are to support the lazy, let's start in Hollywood with Barbara Streisand, George Clooney, Ted Danson, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Robins and all the other whack jobs who's hearts bleed constantly.

Better yet, let's divide the country in two. Everyone who feels all citizens have a right to everything without working for anything must move to that half of the country. Maybe these folks can have the western half of the US. That would save the Hollywood left and the yogurt and grannola crowd from having to move. We can call it Freeland. The residents of Freeland who work, can pay all the taxes they want to support their lazy, non-working brethren.

The other half will be occupied by the industrious among us. We will work, marry, have children with our spouse, support our own families, educate our children and continue building the economic system that made America the country it is. We will pay our fair share of taxes to enable government to do the job it supposed to do, according to the Constitution. Some concepts huh? We can call this country Successland or Getoffyourdeadassorstarveland.

My bet is that Freeland will not last very long. It can't.

Okay, I feel better.

Paul, my anger and this tirade is not directed at you. It's the political season here and blood is running hot on both sides.