[Bernard Marx]

When you put “rob from the rich to give to the poor” into a modern political context, Robin sounds a lot like Obama doesn’t he? Who’s the modern counterpart of the Sheriff? Already, just a few weeks after the election, I feel like I’m in the Pit of Despair.

[Retired Greyhound]

I think the distinction is that, in the Robin Hood context, he was robbing from the Fuedal tight wads that truly did keep the villagers down.

Not the case in the U.S.

[nevergore]

Since there were not citizens, only subjects subjected to unreasonable non-representative taxation.......

A modern analogy would be that of our founding fathers and the British Lords....

[Garrisson Lee]

Robin Hood AKA Jon Amendall, was a guerrilla leader in an ethnic war. He supported the dispossessed Saxons against their new Norman overlords, who were basically pillaging the country while Richard the King was away in Jerusalem.

The Normans were stealing the Saxon’s money, and Hood was stealing it back.

Richard Lionheart finally brought the two sides, Saxon and Norman, together. Three generations after the battle of Senlac.(Hastings)

When he died and his creepy thief brother took over, both Norman and Saxon got together to force him to sign the Magna Carta, re-establishing the rights of (noble) Englishmen.

Hood was no commie, but a brave man standing up to usurpation of authority and trampling upon the rights of the citizens. A patriot.

[Mr Rogers]

Actually, in the story, it was more like, “Take from the government and give to the taxpayer.” He stole from wealthy government princes and officials and corrupt church officials, and gave to working poor people.

[dangus]

Not really. Robin Hood robbed from the government to give to the people, against the government of the future King John which sought to:

* Reserve all the land for environmentalist causes
* Restrict arms as a means of preserving the peace
* Tax the poor heavily
* Exploded the public debt by bailing out bankers

Not integral to the legend, King John also:

* Opposed fighting a war against the Muslims in the Middle East, even secretly attempting to become a Muslim (the Sultan of Morrocco rejected him!)
* Regarded Christianity as an enemy, and tried to subvert it

[Jemian]

When you put “rob from the rich to give to the poor” into a modern political context, Robin sounds a lot like Obama doesn’t he? Who’s the modern counterpart of the Sheriff? Already, just a few weeks after the election, I feel like I’m in the Pit of Despair.

No! You have the players wrong.

Robin Hood robbed from the government and the church which were empoverishing the rising middle class by high taxes and other wrongfully imposed fees. He took back what was considered excess and stolen and returned it to the rightful owners who had been made poor.

So, the modern day players are Obama and his henchmen are the Sheriff of Nottingham, etc. The overtaxed in this country are the "poor" of Robin Hood's day. WE DO NOT YET HAVE A ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN.