Redistributing the wealth is a defining function of the modern state, just like defending its borders or maintaining a judicial system.
August 24, 2011
American conservatives have lurched so far to the right they're now trying to re-litigate questions about the role of government that have been settled for hundreds of years.
The redistribution of wealth is a perfect example. Listening to today's Republicans, one would think it is some kind of pernicious and un-American leftist principle – an idea only embraced by foreigners, socialists and assorted freaks.
READ MORE
