Scat, this matter of wealth "redistribution" is one of several things I find inconsistent in the positions you sometimes take. In reality the country has undergone a huge "redistribution" of wealth over the past 30 years, and none of it has had anything to do with Obama. If there has been any change in this trend under Obama it would be a slowing of the trend rather than a hiatus or reversal. But it isn't clear if even this has occurred. It seems to me the trend is still very much intact in spite of the waning recession clouding the picture.Quote from Scataphagos:
"Redistribution of wealth", and "freebies from the government" (both antithetical to America's founding principles... AND ARE ALSO UNCONSTITUTIONAL) have all the appeal of FREE ICE CREAM! So.. we ignore our principles and laws.. and opt for greed.
How do we turn this around? I believe it would be impossible now. We should all plan our life around more of the same.
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Maybe what is needed, if we are to maintain a strong and broad, middle class, is a reversal to undo some of the "redistribution" that has taken place over the past thirty years.
I put "redistribution" in quotes because when that word is used, often we are talking about changing the distribution of wealth going forward via normal, systemic, economic processes; not taking it from one segment of the population and handing it to another.