Warren Buffett, on why Mitt Romney should pay higher taxes.  (via think-progress)

EXACTLY. My cousin said that Socialism is like taking someone’s GPA and giving it out equally to everyone. That’s not how it is at all. I understand that there is some bias, cheating, whatever involved in schooling, but that person is nonetheless directly involved with everything that goes toward their GPA — no one inherits their GPA. 70% of the 1% get their jobs from their parents. And if they don’t get their jobs, most of them have their schooling and other opportunities handed to them by their parents. The poor and the middle class don’t have this kind of privilege. 

If people were given money based on how hard they worked, the people on minimum wage would be millionaires.