I agree TB....and this is where I become frustrated with Liberals.

I find it interesting that the cliche`, *standing on your own two feet* has so many perceptions.

Where I reside is I expect, want, the same consideration as I give to others.

I feel we are all on equal footing.

Let's see if I can say this with reasonable clarity. I believe, as humans, that we all have the same capacity to achieve whatever we set out to accomplish. This has to include compromise, pitfalls, lean fiscal times, illness and the like.

I do pay it forward...omg how I pay it forward. However my version of paying it forward is different than other's ideas of this concept. I do not feel that I should expect ER or Eri to follow my lead in this manner. Perhaps they can not, or they have other ways to pay it forward.
It is a personal, individual belief that I cherish. Choice.