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Lastly, conservatives (yes. you are one, Bal, you know it) tend to focus on the "handout" aspect of wealth redistribution.



Is fairness such a bad aspect to look at?

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However, the more important part of wealth redistribution is funding start up grants for small businesses, investing in infrastructure, investing is schools, etc.



You do not need wealth redistribution to help small business. Big government, socialism is not the answer. Investing in infrastructure is definitely a necessity, this is not wealth redistribution that was the intention of the land value tax. Schools need competition to improve. You are very anti-corporation yet you support the largest corporation in the United States, the teachers union.

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PS: wealth redistribution works both ways. For the past 30 years wealth has been redistributed upwards. Redistributing it downwards isn't socialism, it is resetting the tax code to be fair again.



Since you are pro fairness, lets move towards a flat consumption tax.