Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Let's say you succeed politically through central planning in redistributing wealth so each person in the world has the same. Because politics is win-lose, taking from some to give to others, you have taken wealth from those capable of generating it. You have thus leveled everything. Then what?

Why does everyone think that redistribution means producing exactly equal portions per person?

Redistribution is just a means of getting currency to cycle through the economy more. When taxation on the upper 10%, who account for 75% of the yearly GDP, is "extracted" from that 10% and government then uses that money to create jobs, or gives the money directly as welfare, where do you think that money then goes?

If you are objective, you must admit, that the money goes right back up the ladder, right back into the accounts of the wealthy, who own the industries, that produce goods, iincluding food production, which those who received the redistributed capital, then purchase, with that capital.