Even worse, the notion of redistribution has the pernicious effect of framing social progress as a taking, as if the government were a greedy, many-tentacled monster seeking to reach deeper into your pocket.

the more ordinary people are able to produce, the more powerful people can confiscate.

These policies are redistributive because while the taxes fall disproportionately on the wealthy, the expenditures and programs benefit all equally, or even favor the poor. They counteract the natural tendency toward the concentration of wealth in an interest-based system.

Economic policy therefore reflects a balancing act between the redistribution and preservation of wealth,