I'm not making the claim that I wasn't privileged (I paid for school *entirely* without my parent's money, though that's not really relevant.)

My point, which is admittedly not clear, is that I don't think it's the government's place to make judgments on fairness, as long as individual rights are not compromised. I don't think such judgments can be even remotely objective. I see government legislating fairness as the most slippery of slopes. If someone thinks that the poor should be helped, they should help them, as many very wealthy people have done. What they should not do is tell others that *they* must help them.

I really need to sleep for work tomorrow. I will get to any further response you make, and your other points, tomorrow.