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If you don’t believe that Senator Barack Obama’s goal in politics is wealth redistribution then please take the time to listen to this audio clip:

Senator Obama is a pompous radical, a Socialist who fails to see the destruction such power-driven ideologies have wrought upon mankind. It is morally unacceptable to use power to take property or alter lives, even if the perceived outcome for your favorite segment of society is favorable. The sad thing is that Socialism has never proven beneficial for its supposed beneficiaries, moreoften perpetuating poverty than lifting people out of it. Despite dubious benefit and lack of moral justification, it is Constitutionally illegal for government to embark on redistribution schemes. This sort of power was never included in our legal system; in fact, America’s system of checks and balances on concentrated government power was designed to limit populist excesses of this very nature.

In the audio clip you’ll hear Obama declare that “when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.” You’ll also hear him lament on the “tragedy that the Constitution wasn’t radically reinterpreted to force redistribution of wealth for African Americans,” and how government’s legal separation of powers is a hindrance to the overall goal of wealth redistribution!

Economists have long reached concensus that using force to redistribute wealth lowers society’s overall prosperity. No matter what your ideological persuasion, this much is true. Politically, expanding the powers of government to be able to invade the private domain, take from some, give to others, and erode property rights proves disastrous time and again. Our Founding Fathers were brilliant in limiting government’s power. This was the big issue of the age, and one for which they did a good job in establishing the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They were fearful of large government and did their best to separate powers and limit unilateral authority. These are great principals we must remember and put in perspective when given the choice to vote for the spoils of government plunder. It is all too easy to redistribute other peoples wealth, but it will one day be your turn, not matter where you sit on the wealth spectrum. We are all doomed to inhabit a world of limited opportunity with a pervasive, powerful government. Doesn’t this scare anyone else?

When it comes to wealth redistribution it’s all too easy to get caught up in the theoretical. Theoretically, social programs could benefit society. Theoretically, “the rich” can pay for them. Why not make the wealthiest 5% of the population pay for all of government? Then why not go on a spending binge with their money? This is precisely the base level to which American politics has devolved.  It’s impossible to get elected into public office without promising handouts to at least a majority of the voter base. This is unconstrained democracy and the result of universal suffrage.

It is not surprising that those with the fewest resources are most adamant about increasing the tax burden of those with the most. If you can vote to take away another person’s property, why not? Well, the next time you’re in a restaurant tell the server you are not going to tip him. Tell him you will give that money to someone poorer on his behalf. You will see rather quickly how appreciative this server is of redistributing wealth when it comes out of his pocket! If everyone followed this policy we’d all soon be fetching our own food from the kitchen.