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To: JohnM who wrote (92057)10/27/2008 10:42:01 AM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541582
 
Redistribution is simply a given. That's what taxes do. The only consistent way to oppose redistribution would be to oppose all taxes but that's simply not possible.

I agree that redistribution is a given, but I draw a big red line between it being a byproduct of policy and it being a goal of policy. There are plenty of policies that I support that redistribute wealth but they tend to be those that are necessary to maintain the social peace or are necessary from a humanitarian level. The farther we go from those goals and the closer we move to a straight redistribution goal, the less support I give.

Slacker



To: JohnM who wrote (92057)10/27/2008 2:29:55 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541582
 
The only consistent way to oppose redistribution would be to oppose all taxes

You continue to assert but have never offered am argument for why tax money spent on shared needs such as the military or the justice system is redistribution. I see no redistribution there. Redistribution is taking from one and giving to another. There is no "another" when you spend tax money on aircraft carriers.


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