Excerpt, by Thomas Sowell:
The recently discovered tape on which Barack Obama said back in 1998 that he believes in redistribution is not really news. He said the same thing to Joe the Plumber four years ago. But the tape's surfacing may serve a useful purpose if it gets people to thinking about the consequences of redistribution.
Those who talk glibly about redistribution often act as if people are just inert objects that can be placed here and there, like pieces on a chess board, to carry out some grand design. But if human beings have their own responses to government policies, then we cannot blithely assume that government policies will have the effect intended. The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty. The communist nations were a classic example, but by no means the only example.
URL: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/091912-626275-obama-redistribution-fallacy-has-grave-consequences.htm?p=full
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Haven't liberal intellectuals figured out yet, that Robin Hood was noble outlaw returning tax money, he took from the Nobles, which were the regional and national government in 12th century England, to the overtaxed villagers? Today Robin may be considered a Tea Party extremist (if there was such a thing), in light of the situation Sir Walter Scott portrayed
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