Obama Oct 31, 2008:

The point is, though, that — and it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s not just charity, it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class — it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s that when we actually make sure that everybody?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s got a shot…

Senator, it is not charity when it is someone else’s money. It is not charity when it is not voluntary. Holding you up at the point of a gun and then giving the money to charity does not make it virtuous.