However, his message is less about making America great than it is about wealth redistribution and hypocrisy. Edwards supports his position by saying,

"I think if we want to fund the things that I think are important to share in prosperity, then people who have done well in this country, including me, have more of a responsibility to give back. There are no free meals."

So maybe he isn't a hypocrit, he just speaks in oxymorons. How can the government take hard-earned wages from the pockets of the middle class and there not be any free meals?

See http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/FRONTPAGE/710260384