For at least the last 60 years most western European governments, including my own British one, have practised a mildly socialist
form of wealth redistribution, by taxing the rich and providing benefits to the poor.
'» The title of the exhibition refers to the potlatch: a ceremonial gift - giving festival practiced by the Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast, for whom it was a central
system of wealth redistribution.
I mean, taking what the rich have accumulated and giving back to the original owners every 50 years seems like an actual
example of wealth redistribution — and it was sanctioned by God.
«Contrarily to what we initially hypothesized, gender inequalities... were not lower in those welfare state regimes with greater
levels of wealth redistribution and more universal policies for social protection nor, more specifically, among the most privileged... occupational social classes,» Campos - Serna writes.
So if Gelbspan's raison d'être was no more than to uphold the tenets of sound democracy and dispassionate investigative journalism by exposing dishonest information from skeptic scientist industry shills and debunking misguided notions about global warming having a hidden
agenda of wealth redistribution and global governance.......
When the conversation turned to tax as a
means of wealth redistribution, the response «ranged from threat to bluster to attack», according to the authors.
Known more for his guidance of allied forces throughout World War 2 in the fight for freedom, that often overshadowed his keen understanding of taxation as a form
of wealth redistribution and the unintended consequences of taking taxation too far.
The title of the exhibition refers to the potlatch, a ceremonial gift - giving festival practiced by the Native - American peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast, for whom it continues to be a system
of wealth redistribution.