Why are there so many modern "Robin Hoods" today?

Question

To be frank, in an almost purely capitalist society such as ours, the rich should be respected and comended for their hard work and daring entrepreneurial activities rather than over taxed and looked down on. The poor (with exceptions such as those who have become poor due to natural disaster and have diseases, in general things out of their control) on the other hand, should be the ones who people should have no sympathy for, especially those who are homeless and refuse to work. Why don't they work like everyone else? No one is stopping them! I think blind sympathy has led us away from the path our Founding Fathers set: Good, pure capitalism.

Note: I am middle class.

Answer 1

I wish there was a short answer but there's not. First lets clear Robin Hoods name. He didn't steal from the Rich and give to the poor. He stole from the Sheriff (Tax Collector/government) and gave to the serf's (People/Tax Payers). So he just took back the tax money which had been extracted from them.

These pysdo Robin Hoods are in fact a double parasite. They rely on two host. First the Rich, they must have wealth to redistribute other wise they'd have nothing to give away. Second they need the poor as well, that is their source of power. They take from the have's and give to the have nots using the Sheriff of Nottingham to do their dirty work, and the votes of the poor to keep them in office.