"I fought like hell for every chunk
of coal I ever pulled out of the
ground. And now, I can't set my
price. I can't decide who to sell
to. The government TAKES what they
want and taxes what they leave
behind.

All I'm doing is feeding the beast
that's trying to destroy me." Dannager

When I studied history at school, I remember the story of England's King Henry VII,.
He wanted more money so asked those who may have had it. Those who lived well were asked to contribute as obviously they were wealthy, those who lived frugally were asked because the frugal living meant they had money available. The way I recall it was that the word 'ask' cannot be defined just from a dictionary, you need to know who is doing the 'asking' to know what it means.