Yes, when the government forces anyone at all to hand over the money that they earned with the fruit of their labors and then they give it to anyone else that is wrong. Plain and simple.
If when you say that we did move money to rich people you are talking about tax law you would just be wrong. The poor don't pay income tax so none of their money could have been given to the rich that way. The tax laws have been progressive for a long time and a slight shift toward less progressive tax laws under Reagan does not make them regressive - just less progressive.
If you are talking about congressmen making laws that favor their rich friends you would be right. So the solution is to stop the congressmen from doing what is wrong, not to create an additional wrong to balance things out - even though the people doing the balancing are the very ones who are not to be trusted. Every time they tax their friends more heavily than they should they all just use it as an excuse to create more laws to favor their friends.
We need both fair tax laws and fair legislation. Not both unfair tax laws and unfair legislation in some misguided attempt to create fairness.
We don't need to move any money to the poor to make things fair. all we need to do is to stop treating them unfairly in the legislatures. Do they have inadequate education? Then give them a good education not a pass on contributing to society through taxes. Are they discriminated against? Then stop the discrimination don't just give them a pass on contributing to society.
Our constitution demands that everyone gets an equal opportunity. That is what they should get. Our constitution demands that taxes should be fair. That is what we should do.
What I am proposing is what is right, legal, and fair. The alternative is wrong, unconstitutional and unfair.
