Equality?

[Thorne]

Actually, those who are in most need of wealth redistribution have little to no say in government affairs. I've been in the capitol building and I didn't see any homeless children speaking in front of Congress.

That's primarily because Congress doesn't want to see homeless children. It might make them rethink those exorbitant salaries and perks they get. For about 5 seconds.

But if you actually talk to poor people, and listen to what they are saying, many of them parrot the talk of socialism and even communism. "Those people are too rich. They should share some of their money with the poor."

I worked with someone like that. A reliable worker, bright and able. Not well educated, and didn't want to do the work necessary to improve himself. Yet always complaining about how other people were making too much money. And when I tried to explain to him that those people went to school to learn what they needed, that those people kept learning after school, that those people constantly tried improving their skills, he would claim they were oppressing him. He wasn't interested in sharing what he made with those worse off than himself, but he was very interested in taking money and property away from those better off than himself.

I'm with Oz on this one. Any "sharing" has to come from our political leaders, first and foremost.