[Graewoulf]

Robin Hood stole money from the Government, more specifically Robin Hood commonly stole money from the tax collector, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Our current tax collector at the IRS is Timmy Gee, Our “Sheriff of Nottingham.”

So when I read “ - - - Those who want to redistribute income are the gallant Robin Hoods of contemporary life. - - - “ I wonder what “the gallant Robins Hoods of contemporary life” have stolen from the IRS?

[boop]

THANK you! Robin Hood’s nemesis was the Sheriff, not the “greedy” merchant selling his goods.

[spintreebob]

The sheriff wanted to maintain his lifestyle; but the king took all the tax money to fight in the middle east. So the sheriff abused his power by stealing from the middle class. He would have stolen from the poor; but they had nothing worth taking. Robin Hood returned to the middle class what was rightfully theirs.

[sarasmom]

Robin Hood is a fairy tale.
I took a boat tour in Switzerland, and was shocked and appalled to finally learn the truth myself, at the source!
Damn those Welsh passengers!

I know, it is hard to accept and adjust to the abject truth, just like a child learning that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are mere myths.

There does not now, and has never existed a “gallant thief”.