re: #1 Political Atheist

As HJ says, the government already does a lot to determine the distribution of wealth. Several examples (in both “rich-to-poor” and “poor-to-rich” directions):

- spending public money to protect the private property of wealthy individuals
- investing in public education
- bailing out privately-owned institutions without insisting on public ownership
- paying for people’s healthcare

The question is really, do we want more “poor-to-rich” transfer or “rich-to-poor”? The poll suggests most people want to move in the latter direction.