i strongly disagree with the idea that it is the govts. job to redistribute resources from rich to poor.that is unecessary altogether.whenever we have a tax cut here people always say it for the rich.OF COURSE ITS FOR THE RICH,THE RICH PAY MOST OF THE TAXES HERE.i wonder how many americans know that the top 10% of all income earners in this country pay two thirds of ALL income taxes?meanwhile the bottom 50% pay less than 5% of the income taxes.

Thus,if a rich guy makes 250,000$$ and pays 100,000$$ in taxes,and the(relatively) poor guy makes 40,000 and pays 5000$$ in taxes,a ten percent across the board tax cut will cut the rich guys taxes by 10,000$$ and the poor guys taxes by 500$$.This is where the liberals wail,"But the rich guy is getting twenty times more than the poor guy."One does not have to be a math major to figure out that it is not even possible to cut the poor guys taxes by 10,000$$ because he pays only 5000$$$ in the first place,contrary to liberal demagoguery,proportional tax cuts are just because they benefit citizens in proportion to what they have been paying in taxes.

Liberals usually oppose tax cuts and advocate higher taxes for the rich because they are convinced,as the old liberal mantra has it,that "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer."But is that really true?For the past half century,and especially for the past two decades,it has not been true in America.In reality,the rich have grown richer,and the poor have also grown richer,but not at the same pace.

What this means is that lots of people who used to be middle class,or the lower middle class have moved up.In moving up,they have increased the economic distance between themselves and the rest of the population.So,inequality is greater.But the exclusive liberal focus on inequality misses the larger picture,wich shows that more and more people are moving into the ranks of the affluent class.

i had to type this fast but my conclusion is that Capitalism has done more to raise the general standard of living,and to equalize the circumstances of rich and poor,than all the govt. and philanthropic programs put together.this fact undermines the liberal view that aggressive govt. redistribution is needed to preventing inequality.