Would you support income redistribution? Everyone having the same things?

Question

I ask because I am curious how many of those would support all Americans making between 40 and 60k. No less. No more.

Do you support the idea and if so why? I'm interested to see how many think we as a society have an obligation to all be the same.

I also ask this question because we are a nation that generally expects the wealthiest to pay for the majority of our goverment sponsored initiatives.

Where do we stop taxing those with money in order not to be socialist? How much is enough and how far should we go?

Answer 1

No. People have differing priorities, and differing work ethics. Some work very hard to become educated, and then work very hard at their jobs. They earn their higher standard of living. Others choose not to pursue education at all, but work extremely hard to compensate, and still do well. Others choose to focus on having children, whether or not they can support them. Some don't work at all.

In the USA, lifestyle is very much about choices people make in their lives. Not everyone has the same range of choices, but it is still very possible to go from rags to riches, or at least comfort and security, purely because one works hard.

There are far too many people ready and willing to simply exist, and let others do all the work. They are already an unfair burden to society; your proposal would guarantee their numbers would increase dramatically. Additionally, with no hope of reward, the inventive, pioneering, adventurous spirit of so many Americans, encouraged by our current society, would be suppressed, and oppressed, in yours.

I'm not advocating money as God, or capitalism over democracy. Socialism does have it's place, in certain applications. A equal-for-everyone health care system, for instance, or a flat tax for all Americans over the poverty level, no exceptions, would do much to solve some of the problems we face today. Extending it to an entire social system is doomed to failure, however, for the very simple reason that all people are not created equal when it comes to their willingness to work. Those who won't do not merit the rewards of those who will.

Answer 2

I think you will find little support to having all incomes between $40-60,000, that's pure socialism. It woundn't work in a society unless the people can be motivated to succeed by things other than money, the soviets had that problem as well. If 2/3 of the population work hard and 1/3 are lazy, the system will be weak. \

I am a Liberal, but I know pure socialism is rididulous. But, should we tax billionaires more than millionaires and millionaires more than the middle class, YES. I'm not saying to tax them so much that it would serve no purpose for them to make money and factories filled with jobs, but we should force American companies to be a part of the american economy before a global economy...we should be able to tax a company using slave labor overseas so that it is less profitable to dump cheap items here that would take away our money and not give us jobs (like Walmart and Nike)....also the tax imposed on anyone is not a tax on what you already had, it is a tax on what was profit...a profit (income) of a million dollars should be a higher percentage than the income of $50,000. as long as the millionaire still was motivated to invest....the whole thing is based on the assumption that the company cannot raise the prices of their items to offset any tax...the taxes paid by the companies is just passed to the customers...this is as close as we could come to a national sales tax (the one they want to take the place of income tax) because it allows competition to set the price.

Answer 3

I think few people would support TOTAL income redistribution but many support some wealth redistribution. It's far from the black & white scenario you propose. I always laugh about the wealthy and the high taxes thay must pay-I was in in Financial planning for many years and have to say I never saw anyone in the top 5% brackets pay anything close to their allotted percentage because they have great tax attorneys and take advantage of deductions the middle and lower class never can! I've seen incomes of $500,000 reduced to taxable income of $38,000. I know, seems impossible-but I've seen the returns(part of the job). For anyone making a lot of money paying too many taxes, I'd tell them to see a tax attorney....

Answer 4

No, that is basic communism. What would motivate anyone to work hard or strive to achieve anything if they know they'll still make 40k? As far as the answer that says we should make the rich pay their fair share, do you realize they wealthies 1% of Americans pay something along the lines of 10% of the taxes? I understand your frusteration but they pay a pretty good share as it is. What needs to be done is to cut government WASTE. That will ease the tax burden on the working class.

Answer 5

I honestly like the IDEA of communism.... everyone makes the same, everyone is educated the same, everyone gets the same benefits and treatments. The thing about communism though: it does not work. It will not work, especially here in America. Not everyone is educated the same way.... we have a class system here (I like to think of it as a caste system) and not everyone goes to school for the same amount of time. I think that communism wouldn't affect me.... it would only affect the really rich or the really poor. I am average. My husband and I make about $100K a year between the two of us, so I am average, I guess.....

I think it's a great idea, but would not work in our greedy society.

Answer 6

Hes an fool. All communicate, no stroll, and he's familiar with in case you tell the needy, i'll grant you what you go with, they are going to stick to you everywhere. he will run our economic equipment below the bankrupcy court docket, and there'll be no till now. He by no ability mentions a element approximately paying down the deficit. Oh, I forgot, he is going to chop back the dimensions of the militia, end all wars and disarm the rustic. we are able to be undesirable and ripe for the terrorists pickiings.

Answer 7

Hell no! What about the people who never study and add nothing to our society? Why should they have the same as someone who studied and has given blood sweat and tears to be successful?

The bottom 50% of tax payers pay 3% of all taxes taken in!

Answer 8

No. I am retired, and handicapped, yet I still endeavor to find another source of income to supplement my SS benefits, which I paid into from age 15. I have never been wealthy financially, but I prefer to earn my own way.

Answer 9

Absolutely not.

The problems don't arise from an uneven distribution of wealth, but
rather from people not being willing to work for what they want.

There are those out there who think someone else should take care of them.

Answer 10

Rigid economic equality, no. A better deal for the working class and making the wealthy pay their fair share to keep America going, yes.