Rich Democrats Don’t Care About Income Inequality Any More Than Rich Republicans

[JDPriestly]

61. The best way to share wealth is to support a safety net in your own country that makes

Access to education (to the highest level of the student's desire and capacity, good housing, health care and food equally available to all, rich or poor.

No questions asked. No means-testing. No pitting richer against poorer. Just doing it.

Charity is very "nice" but it establishes a relationship between a richer giver and a poorer receiver. The difference between the two is not to be measured in terms of greediness or generosity. The poorer person may or may not be greedier in his heart.

The difference between the two is not in much they do or do not want to give. The difference is in how much money they have.

Every person in our society should be able to have his/her basic needs met and then what is left over can be earned as the society chooses. In capitalism money that is left over after everyone has shelter, education food, healthcare, water and the necessiities goes according to the capitalistic system. No problem.

But first everyone's most fundamental needs should be satisfied to the extnt humanly possible.

Charity is great but it does not work efficiently.

Charity is a second best solution. I worked in non-profit fundraising for some years. My father also did a lot of it. Makes the donors feel great, but izt does not result in getting money where the need is greatest. It is really a bad way to help the needy. Sorry, but it is no way to approach the problem of helping the poorest among us. Great way to make the rich feel good about themselves. Great way to increase the social power of money.

Go to my church, and I will give you money. That is the essence of charity of the sort most often practiced by the rich. First prove you are really poor and needy and then I will give you a pittance from MY wealth.

We should start from the premise that certain human needs are net without question simply because all humans deserve shelter, nourishment, opportunity to learn to contribute to society to the best of their ability, good health and other necessities. Then we can talk about and enjoy watching the discretionary wealth find its way.