[Harrison Bergeron]

"Yes, and thus it [individuals who have not achieved their full income potential] would be a class of people.

OK, if you insist on seeing it that way, whatever. Lumping individuals with all of their diverse strengths and weaknesses into a class for the purpose of "helping" them is the very definition of socialism. And by its nature, socialism is intellectually dishonest - so there's a pattern here at least.

[The Green Goblin]

Lumping individuals with all of their diverse strengths and weaknesses into a class for the purpose of "helping" them is the very definition of socialism. And by its nature, socialism is intellectually dishonest - so there's a pattern here at least.

I'm not advocating "helping them"--I'm merely advocating that intrusive busybodies mind their own damned business and keep their gulit-tripping attempts to themselves. If a couple decides that both spouses must work to support the family, that's nobody's business but their own.