Gathering storm.
Gentlemen,
An unsettling feeling in my gut. A majority of my countrymen are getting together and deciding how much of my income, my property value, and my estate they are going to confiscate and spend as they see fit on distributions and benefits to themselves. If a street gang were to do this, Arizona's "Castle Doctrine" would allow me to repel boarders with my personal firearms. Perhaps the police would show up to assist me.
But this gang will be using the overwhelming power of the state, the police will enforce the wishes of the thieves, and my personal firepower is useless here. True democracy in action. The individual is no longer sovereign in this strange land we used to know and love as the United States of America.
An America loathing, far left-wing radical will lead this mob to their imaginary promised land by, "spreading the wealth around". These economic morons believe America's most productive citizens, the top 5% of income earners, will continue to build new businesses, hire more workers, and pay more taxes as they continually whip us harder and harder while they simultaneously eliminate the burden on 50% of American workers who pay no income taxes at all.
Socialism has been tried countless times over last 200 years in nations all over the world. Without one single success. It has failed every single time it has been foisted upon a population because it attempts to both deny and defy human nature.
Chip