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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.

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.

"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?"

The government should be neutral and protect everyone's assets, rich and poor alike. The rich are paying taxes, so they should get the same protection as everyone else and they should not have to pay more to get the same protection. Wealth redistribution has nothing to do with that, and if the poor and middle class want to go to work for the government, that is not the fault of the rich. In fact, the poor and middle class are getting exactly what they are getting paid to do. The rich should not be forced into a Marxist wealth redistribution scheme to get the same government protections and benefits as everyone else. I would say you have faulty logic with this premise.

"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."

Clearly you are misrepresenting Marxism. Marxism wanted capitalism to fail and that is why it wanted inequality from capitalism, but what you failed to state is that Marxists want wealth redistribution to make people equal. Everyone knows that wealth redistribution is a Marxist idea. I am surprised you don't know that.

Your tagline is nonsense. Our free market system works and capitalism works every place it has ever been tried. The poor countries that you site are run by corrupt dictators who oppose capitalism.

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.

It's like the old idea of making the car go faster down the hill, out of control, so they can get it to crash and then rebuild after that. Many of your early communists and Marxists were called "nihilists." "Nihilist" is a person who believes in destroying the old system so they can rebuild a new system from the ashes that is more to their liking.

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.

True, just remember thatm any successful companies come from that part of the world, Nokia, Volvo, Saab, Ericcson (they make radio communications equipment), IKEA and so on.

Love your tagline, BTw, here is a good source for GK Chesterson I dug up: http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/

Marxists believed that capitalism is a necessary step on the way to socialism. More free market and inequality, the better.

Underlying the Marxist belief that capitalism would lead to Marxism was the assumption that capitalism would not only make the rich richer, it would make the poor poorer. As it turned out, everyone got richer, and no developed capitalist country suffered a Marxist revolution.