ex cathedra: Redistributing

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Redistributing

Remember Obama's exchange with Joe the Plumber, where the President defended high taxes as a way of spreading the wealth around?

I wonder why redistribution should be restricted to wealth?

Had a cranky fantasy about a class in a university where a liberal student takes an egalitarian stance and favors taxing the wealthy to better the poorer. I suggest that the student's grades be taxed and given to students who have not done as well.

Why not take a B instead of an A and save a failing student by raising her grade to a D? It spreads the wealth around. I mean, why not?

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