But I think the majority of people are evil

Siri=Butt in Japanese! That is funny!

It is not necessary to pay the "average" cost.  I married off two daughters: total cost of both weddings $21,000. I paid a total of 11K and the rest was paid by the couples and the groom's family.

So what! If their employer paid for their unemployment insurance they should receive unemployment benefits when they are unemployed.

Mitt Romney is an idiot! He pays 13% tax, which is about 40% percentage wise of the total tax bill of the average middle class American family (120K) and then he attacks the 47% who don't pay any income tax for simply obeying the law like Mitt does.  Do you see the hypocrisy and parochialism? Mitt takes advantage of...more

As a fundamentalist Christian i believe homosexuality be an intrinsic moral evil.  So, no: I don't believe in allowing  marriage to  be redefined to include homosexuals.

my impression is that a significant percentage of giving by the rich is in self interest and promoting one's world view and philosophy of life.  Romney is a perfect example of this: Romney is required by the Mormon church to give 10% of his income to the church and that is pretty much all Romney  gives: He donates e...more

From a Biblical point of view it is the percentage of income that is important. As a Christian, I don't think my church donations should receive credit on my taxes because I am donating money to an organization that promotes my world view and is not used to help the needy.

One reason the rich probably give less is that since they pay a much higher percentage of income tax, they have much less left over as a percentage of gross pay.   A fairer comparison would be to compare after tax net income.