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 That's the current reality, not some outdated notion of a liberal nanny state.

You are out of your mind. Who do you think is paying for all the welfare, 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, etc. etc. The people who are receiving these handouts?

I don't know about you, but no poor person ever hired me to write custom software.