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It is not the function of our government to redistribute income or wealth, and our government should not be concerned about how the income or wealth is distributed. That is only a concern for Marxist governments that do not believe in free market capitalism.

We have a free market economy based on capitalism and it is the sole method for determining how income and wealth is distributed. Our government should not try to undo the distribution from our free market economy through Marxist redistribution schemes.

Does anyone believe our Founding Fathers thought that our government should take from the rich and redistribute it to others to prevent wealth inequality?

The republicans need to hammer the democrats as Marxists and call all of this economic equality talk socialism.

We USED to have a free market economy. Arguably, it hasn't been that way in a LONG time. It could even be argued that we've NEVER really had as free a market economy as we could have had.

We've always had problems too...

However, free markets work better than managed economies. The "manager" always manages to screw some fundamental up that causes problems later on.

It is not the function of our government to redistribute income or wealth, and our government should not be concerned about how the income or wealth is distributed.

Shouldn't it work both ways? If government cannot impose tax/redistribution obligations on the rich, should they expect the same government to use its resources in protection of their assets? Should they expect the poor and middle class to risk their lives in defending the country and legal order?

That is only a concern for Marxist governments that do not believe in free market capitalism.

Clearly, you do not know Marxism. Marxists believed that capitalism is a necessary step on the way to socialism. More free market and inequality, the better.

Marxists were opposed to the compromises like redistribution, trade-unionism and national solidarity between classes. They wanted to HASTEN the revolution and not to prevent or delay it.

Tell me, where the chance for Communist revolution is greater, in a stratified Latin American country with great contrasts between the poverty and wealth, or in egalitarian Scandinavia? Read my tagline.

The republicans need to hammer the democrats as Marxists and call all of this economic equality talk socialism.

I haven't seen any evidence that Republicans believe in the free market in years. Compared to the Democrats, they look okay (though just barely), but they are hardly Capitalists.

"Does anyone believe our Founding Fathers thought that our government should take from the rich and redistribute it to others to prevent wealth inequality?"

Did our Founding Fathers envision corporate owners having private airplanes, yachts, tickets to major sport functions, martini lunches, etc etc all being able to be deducted as work related?

all those millions of frequent flyer miles that businessmen ring up and use, for free.....Did our Founding Fathers envision such luxuries being written off for tax purposes, while taxing every single penny of wage earners?