>>Hmmm...you might want to ponder why Communism has failed spectacularly everywhere it has been tried. And ask yourself this: are you willing to put in extra hours to support someone else that isn't
able to? That, at the basic level, is income redistribution.
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>Note the change I made above. At one extreme you've got communism, the other is extreme capitalism. Now there is something in the middle here. Somthing that is practised in much of europe.
"Willing" and "able" are two completely different arguments. I have no problem helping those in need, but Lindon Johnson's "Great Society" fiasco has done nothing but create several generations incapable of supporting themselves.
>But paying taxes is not all about paying for others, also for infrastructure of all kinds, healthcare, compensation in case of disasters, etc.
Nobody said anything about paying taxes. The discussion was on income redistribution.
>You live in a different world where people seem to live for getting a much as possible pleasure out of getting as much money as possible.
You really have no clue, do you? To tar Americans with such a broad brush is both unfair and ignorant.
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