The income/wealth that is produced is earned by somebody. That is, someone is taking an investment risk. Why would anyone think that they are entitled to a distribution if they do nothing to earn it? This is essentially what you are saying. Someone advocating redistribution or rallying against income/wealth disparity is really asking for a handout - something for nothing.
The person originating this thread has no clue about economics.
You apparently have been conditioned by right-wing propagandists to believe redistribution means taking money from you and handing it to some "welfare queen." Right?
What you need to understand is one of the ways FDR raised the Nation out of the Great Depression is by imposing a 91% progressive tax rate -- which affected mainly the rich who were living like royalty while most Americans wallowed in abject poverty. He used that money to implement the WPA and CCC (make work) programs which enabled millions of unemployed Americans (including my father) to earn and spend money, which revitalized the economy and gave rise to the most productive and prosperous years in our history -- the 40s through the 80s.
Then came Ronald Reagan and "Trickle Down," which really means
Siphon Up economics, the ultimate effect of which is seen in the rise of the One Percent, which is in fact a financial aristocracy whose influence in Washington has all but destroyed the middle class and has transformed America.
If Obama were not a puppet of Wall Street and the banking industry he would, among other viable measures, impose a confiscatory tax on the rich and implement a make-work program devoted to rebuilding our badly decayed infrastructure. Such a program would not be "handing over" money to any category. It would put Americans back to work and make America a much better place.
Unfortunately there will be no hope for constructive redistribution until we get rid of Obama and manage to elect a President with a socialist orientation. And if that word frightens you it's because you've been conditioned to think the kind of laissez-faire capitalism we're seeing today is the way to go.
It obviously is not.
You do not even understand what you are talking about. You are merely regurgitating ideological tripe.
There is a fundamental misunderstanding about what should be expected of income earners and wealth creators. Both Obama and Chief Running Bull, aka Elizabeth Warren, like to perpetuate this fallacy that business owes its wealth to the people because tax money built the roads and provided other infrastructure. What they intentionally omit is that half of Americans do not pay federal income taxes, or state income taxes. They get a 100% refund of the income taxes they pay, and many receive money they did not earn in the form of tax credits (e.g., EIC). Since the wealth creators pay the disproportionate amount of the income taxes and generate the great bulk of federal revenue, it is pretty damn accurate to say that THEY are the ones that built the roads and infrastructure. Big business did not build the road? Bullshit. They sure as he'll did.
If you want a redistribution, they why not ***** about all the wasteful spending and lay claim to that money instead of asking income earners and wealth creators to pay more?
In addition, how is taking more money from these income earners going to help you? Will be it earmarked for handouts to you? No. It will go into the general fund to be spent according to how the politicians determine best. Do you really want to give Washington MORE money to piss away? I think that what you really want is to punish these people. That, if true, represents a pretty low-rent morality.
Next, how much is their "fair share"? Any amount is going to be arbitrary. Do you really want our laws to be based upon arbitrary decisions and judgment?
Finally, it is striking that you think that you are entitled to a redistribution. "Redistribution" means that there will be a "distribution". Why are you entitled to a distribution of wealth that was earned by someone else? The idea is absurd. If you want jobs, then put your effort into pushing a policy that will foster job creation. Extracting money from business via the tax code does nothing to create jobs, unless you a talking about creating a bunch of jobs created for the reason of employing people. This is also ridiculous.
Your ideology is misplaced in a capitalist, free market economy. You are arguing points that are not relevant here. You are wasting your time. Unless your goal is to destroy or replace capitalism, then your time would be better spent on promoting free trade, a robust economy, and prosperity. The need for jobs will follow. As the need for labor increases, then wages will increase. Our system does not provide for distribution to groups who offer nothing of value in exchange. Thus, socialist arguments are irrelevant.
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