Entitlements - what's so bad about them?

A progressive tax is always better than a flat one. I agree.

Really, Coyote,Is there no limit to your greed for seizing the assets of others?Are there no limits to the excuses you can come up with to justify seizing the assets of others?But you should ask yourself, "What happens when there are no more assets to seize?"Your whole system of existence requires someone who is productive from whom you can expropriate wealth. What happens when those productive individuals decide not to play your game any longer? What do you do then?Really...Edited by Jon, : No reason given.Edited by Jon, : No reason given.

You are correct to refer to it as REdistribution, because that is indeed exactly what it would be: a distribution of the wealth BACK to those to whom it rightfully belongs as a product of their labor and creative energies.