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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (10505)2/1/2006 2:03:44 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (2) of 541701
 
From each...to each is Marx 101.

It certainly is in the popular imagination but it's hardly unique with Marx. That idea has been around a rather long time and, even in the 19th century, was hardly simply a "Marxist" idea.

The term "redistributionist" is another interesting term here. I consider the Bush tax cuts "redistributionist" by providing more income and benefits for wealthy upper class tax payers and taking it from the benefits structure for middle class (dropping support for assistance to higher education, as the clearest instance) and the poor.

In my view, the best arguments for single payer health insurance is not a redistributional one but a public health policy one and, increasingly, an economic advantage one. It establishes a floor for coverage not a cap on coverage.

It's very hard to say just how moving from the present system to a single payer system would "redistribute" income and wealth. It might just be a wash. But that's way too complex. I've not seen anyone tackle that one.
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