The legendary Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor. To someone oppressed by the pressures of economic conditions, he was considered a hero.
Looking at it from a moral perspective, the legend tells that a man stole from someone else. Yes, it may have been the rich whom he stole from, but no matter how you want to look at it, he was a thief. To justify his behavior because he gave it to someone else less fortunate is besides the fact.
Think about it. A man stole from the income of one class who earned it to give it away to another class. His actions may have been benevolent, but with someone else's money that he had stolen.
Benevolence is honorable when a person decides to give it away from the compassion of his heart. The less-fortunate should be taken care of. And it is the duty of every man, rich or poor, to help someone else in need.
There are those philanthropists who give hysterically. And there are plenty of rich people who cling tightly to their treasures. God will deal with them. Their soul needs some transforming. But it is not the right of another to judge another for what he or she has, and to commit a crime to take from their hardworking earnings, no matter what the intent. Each individual has the right to make as much as possible with their craft. That is as long as it is done through honest means.
The Robin Hood theory has spread to the government. The government uses taxes to take from earning classes and redistribute the funds through social programs to less fortunate ones. However, when they do it, they are not any different from Robin Hood who steals from one class to redistribute it to another. In this case, the rich are stealing it from a Middle Class to become the benevolent source to the poor. But forced benevolence is not honorable any more than stealing it from someone to give to someone else. This could be called the "Robin Hood Theory" of government.
No one would gripe over a small percentage of their income going to taxes, perhaps 10% or so to pay for infrastructure and to help people on their feet. But when 60% of our hard-earned income goes to these bureaucratic thieves to be used to pay for social programs that buy their votes and acquire them power to sustain their careers, we have to recognize their corruption. Albany has its own share of high taxes and out of control government who salivate over new programs. But if they don't get a reign on their spending, they're going to out-tax their citizens.
We need to recognize the immorality of Socialism the same way we look at the Robin Hood theory. And while Capitalism rightly merits the hard-working, we must also recognize the lack of benevolence on the part of the achieved. It's up to individuals to do what is right and consider their brothers in need. Or else we are going to get what we don't want. A forced benevolence by a greedy and corrupt government who want nothing more than an excuse to steal from us.
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