Yea they tried this neighborliness when this country was founded. It was called the COMMON WEALTH of Pennsylvania. They intended to test such a system for 7 years. Everything they had was brought to a central place and the people in charge distributed to each his need.
It lasted all of 2 years before they finally gave up on the idea. They discovered that people were not willing to work for someone else, so they didn’t, then there wasn’t anything to distribute.
Here's an analogy: Giving the government the job of distributing wealth is like giving the Cookie Monster the job of distributing cookies.
The Pilgrims in Mass. tried a very communal form of living the first couple of years and they very nearly starved to death. They quickly realized that it was essential to re-institute private property so that individuals and families had strong incentives to work and not simply to leech off of “society” as was happening in the first couple of years.
Socialists like Obambi always fail to learn from history and reality..... and don’t believe for an instant that he only wants to increase taxes on the “top 5%” — that’s just his Axelrod-provided talking point for this campaign. Once in office he will seek to increase taxes on an increasing % of people in order to “spread the wealth” to those who do not produce.