{"id":8893,"date":"2012-09-20T10:12:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T17:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2012-09-20T10:12:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T17:12:59","slug":"redistribution-always-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/redistribution-always-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"Redistribution Always Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the lowest levels of government, virtually every time a law is passed it redistributes wealth.  The function of government is to find those tasks which we can do most efficiently as a community and do them.  Thus, when we are taxed to pay for a police force, it redistributes a small amount of wealth from taxpayers to the officers who serve in that capacity.  We don\u2019t mind, except for today\u2019s Republicans, because hiring a private police force would cost far more.  Therefore, it is completely bogus for Willard Romney to accuse Barack Obama of wanting to redistribute wealth, as if Romney did not want to do so far more.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday sought to shift the focus from a leaked video of controversial comments he made at a fundraiser earlier this year to comments<\/a> President Obama made in 1998<\/strong> about the "redistribution" of wealth in America\u2026.<\/p>\n

…Romney also referenced "a tape that just came out today where the President is saying he likes redistribution."<\/p>\n

"I disagree," Romney continued. "I think a society based upon a government-centered nation where government plays a larger and larger role, redistributes money, that’s the wrong course for America. That will not build a strong America or help people out of poverty."<\/p>\n

Romney is referring to a video being featured on the conservative news aggregator The Drudge Report and pushed aggressively by Republicans today. It features what is billed as Mr. Obama speaking at Loyola University in 1998. In the video, the president is heard saying that it’s important to "somehow resuscitate the notion that government action can be effective at all." … [emphasis added]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here is that video. (It\u2019s actually audio).<\/font><\/p>\n