It's beyond ironic that you echo the sentiments of Obama and Warren precisely and yet you call them "shameless pathological liars".

Their point on this is that nobody succeeds solely on their own efforts; each of us also utilize the infrastructure, the social and physical fabric, the "common wealth" that has been created and maintained largely through the collection of taxes by government. It's not the taxes YOU pay, or the taxes I pay, but rather the taxes that WE ALL  pay that allows this to happen.

Personally I think Wills and his ilk are fishing here. In order to succeed one needs both hard work AND luck. Why does this need to be controversial?