This gets better by the minute. You could have saved a ton of posts by just owning up to your liberal beliefs in the beginning.
I love exposing liberals on FreeRepublic.
You can be sure these posts will be reposted many times on these threads. LOL
Redistribution of wealth as a moral concept....Mr. Kerry,,is that you?
How can I get a screen shot of his post. I want it for my trophy wall.
No as a practical matter. It took the great Teddy Roosevelt (Republican by the way) to correct the capital system in the USA with labor and antitrust laws. So I think I am in excellent company. I would rid the USA of the progressive income tax, bust non utility monopolies, and return to tariffs/sales taxes, give labor more collective bargaining rights and then after a while fine tune the system.
protagorass
Does not some redistribution create a middle class whereby they can buy your goods or services??
Capitalism was probbaly the most "free" as you call it in the late 1800's/early 1900's. I also read where people worked7 days a week, 16 hour days with no discretionary income whatsover during those time periods. Kids as young as 10 worked also. Whatever they made went 100% for food or heat or housing.
I've also seen the '50's(for example) when there was some discretionary income because of wealth redistribution(as you call it) and people seemed pretty happy and this was when the "consumerism" started in the country. That is a good thing.
Sorry but I would rather live in the '50's anyday.
BTW: You would have made a great robber baron.