The more I see the way the American Liberal Welfare State works, the more I realize that Communists had it all wrong. Allow the rich and productive to work and, technically, earn more than the poor and middle class, just take everything from them and force them to do government’s bidding on their own dime. Keep the scheme going until the last productive person collapses under the weight of the burden.
That’s fascism, where technically you own the property but the rules essentially mean the government controls it, while giving you all the responsibility and all the blame for anything.