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New York Mills, Minn. (AP)

Think-off question for 2010: Must rich help poor?

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A Minnesota group has released its annual philosophy question that will lead to one entrant being named "America's Greatest Thinker for 2010."

This year's debate question is, "Do the wealthy have an obligation to help the poor?"

The 2010 Great American Think-Off is an amateur philosophy contest organized by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in Minnesota.

The nonprofit has been organizing the contest for 18 years. Anyone can enter free by submitting an essay of 750 words or fewer. Four finalists will debate the question in New York Mills on June 12 before a live audience.

New York Mills is a farming town of some 1,200 people in central Minnesota, about 170 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

More information is available at www.think-off.org.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)