Re: Why \"x% of people have y% of the wealth\" is irrelevant.
[ QUOTE ]
That's because much of it is outlawed. It's a great trick. Make it illegal to provide charity, and then claim there is a market failure in charitable giving. For example, the state makes one jump through an incredible amount of extremely costly hoops to set up any charity of significant scale. Why? Because those in government don't want the competition. For example, where I come from, it is a crime to cook food for the homeless.
[/ QUOTE ]
Though I agree with you in part (I have actually been arrested for cooking/distributing food for the homeless with Food Not Bombs), I think it's mostly a false argument. You can't honestly tell me you think that the reason more rich people don't voluntarily give to the poor is because it's too hard and costly can you?
|