The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.

Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.

We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.