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Originally Posted by GemiNiveK
Involuntary redistribution of wealth is a disincentive for people to earn. It does not make things better...ever. Why work hard if it's just going to be taken away and given to someone who sits on their ass (by comparison)? Why work hard when you'll be fine 'cause the government will give you someone else's wealth?
See...people say this, but we haven't really see that play out thus far. Even under Bush you're being taxed disproportionately. Under Clinton it was probably worse - yet I bet you were still working hard back then.
At some point you might be right and a large part of the US might just decide to work part time at Burger King and play video games most of the day on the countrys dime. I, however, think we are a long way from there.
It's really all just a balancing act. I thought we had a good balance going in the Clinton era. I'd like to return to that. I don't imagine the tax burden was unbearably high for you then, and I don't believe it will be under Obama either. Hard work will still be rewarded.
Lastly, be careful about those underachievers in society you say '**** You!' to. You can keep a small percentage of the population at a poor standard of living and let the police deal with it. But allowing a significant amount of inequality to persist is ultimately a very bad idea.
In a real world, the masses eventually overwhelm the small oasis built by the likes of John Galt and typically prefer to use such devices as the guillotine on him and his friends.