Sorry, DHE. Have to take issue with you on one point: "...the need of some religious people to convince themselves that atheism is a religion.". A number of large, populous and militarily aggressive countries established atheism as a state "religion" (or belief system, if you prefer) over the past century or so. Lots of religious people and political conservatives, plus the subsets thereof, are justifiably concerned about moves our own government is making in that direction.

Can we get a new flagging button that says "Flag as off-topic or reducto ad-absurdium arguement" just for Pastorial?

What facile tripe. You are misusing the word "own". What other, more accurate, but still delusional , lefties say is that a given small percentage of people "control" 90 or more percent of the wealth in America. That's as dumb as saying the president, members of congress and the supreme court "rule" 100% of America. Controlling stock in publically traded companies, or having an executive position at a company doesn't mean you "own" the company. Nor does it mean you can sell off your stock or liquidate the company's assets and either buy a yacht or give it to Obama's PACs to buy him a better shot at re-election by ignorant independent voters. Acts like that would throw lots of those "laborers" you mention out of their jobs, with no capital.

The conservative solution to poverty is self-reliance and passing on the work ethic, lunkhead. That's how the VAST majority of people get along reasonably well financially in this country and have for centuries. Conservatives have no problem with providing private, voluntary charity for the disabled and children whose parents and guardians can't or won't support them (a pretty small number, actually). What we insist on, however, is that it be called CHARITY and not deemed an entitlement, to which everyone is entitled forever.