> but still it is disappointing to see the idolization of greed from both of you. It is coming across as "I've got mine and the rest of you can go fly a kite."
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>I do not see either Jake or Charlkes as being uncaring or greedy. I assume that, like me, they prefer to choose to which charities they contribute instead of having the government decide that it knows better than they do where their charitable contributions should go and how much they should "donate".
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>In the past, that was how the less fortunate were taken care of and it was a system that worked much better than today's redistribution of wealth policies do.

How far in the past do you mean? Income taxes on the top earners used to be much higher than they are now.

I agree with you that today we have redistribution of wealth policies -- to the wealthy from everyone else. That's the current reality, not some outdated notion of a liberal nanny state.