But, again, redistribution of “benefits” could just as easily mean lowering taxes, reducing regulations, stomping out crony capitalism to allow people easier access to market systems.
It all depends on how one interprets the words redistribute and benefit, as well as “legitimate.” Heck, the biggest action the government could take to redistribute economic benefits would be to chuck the progressive income tax and go to either a flat tax or a national sales tax, right?
Anyways, that’s going to be the case I make to my Liberal/Progressive family members, friends and acquaintances when this comes up. I think I’m on solid logical ground in doing do, looking forward to seeing them howl ...
Cutting our $4 trillion government and setting a flat income tax of 10%-15% is the key to our economic future. However, I wouldn’t call a tax cut a “benefit”. That’s like the Stockholm syndrome where the captives become so grateful to their captives for their favors. Rather, we allow government the “benefit” of taking our hard-earned, rightfully possessed money. Government, like the Black Hand of Sicily, isn’t doing us any favors by not robbing us of our own money.