I keep seeing the word redistribution always in the context of fiscal allocations for health, retirements, education and the other so-called entitlements.

This is, IMO, seriously wrong on two accounts.

First, the prefix "re", which implies that there's some kind of natural distribution which is now revised. Under natural distribution everything was fine but now these guys are forcing us to act unnaturally and disturb the balance. To which I say rubbish, there's no natural distribution, it was a matter of agreement or enforcement ever since economy was invented. And if giving to the social safety nets is redistribution, what's the move from the relative equality during the period of 1945-1977 to today's 0,1%-own-everything, if not REdistribution writ large?

Second, the allocations for military-industrial complex, maintenance of colonial outposts (aka military bases around the world), bailouts, interest paid to the Fed - that's also redistribution, those things don't exist in a vacuum, the money is squeezed out from the same context as these so-called entitlements. So why are these never ever mentioned when talking about redistribution?

Now the discussion, if any, may go at least two ways: one would be to prove that I am wrong and that the usage of the word not only correct, but even politically correct. The other would be to explain why is it used that way and what's the agenda behind that. And then there may be others.