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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Shouldn't the two men be more appropriately legless or armless? To say govt functions to take from hardworkers and give to those lazing around on the beach is a bit off.
Okay, so an legless man (poor) and two able bodied (middle class) men arrive. They vote to take 50% of the hard working (rich) man's stuff and give it to the disabled man each year. Same result. Rich guy stops working so hard, encourages armless man to be lazy instead of attempting to help the island society, and the entire island has less food, medicines, wine, and new technology.
Soon the government workers (middle class guys) begin taking more and more of the 50% as salary and benefits for their hard work redistributing the wealth, and eventually they begin giving that 50% to their friends in banking and the auto industry instead of the legless man.
It's also unlikely that the hard working man would allow the legless man to starve to death, seeing the track record for the richest men in the modern era, who routinely give away all of their money. I would be willing to bet that 90%+ of random people would be unwilling to allow the legless man to die, and that is why private charity is effective. With a few people on the island the chance of anyone being allowed to die is near zero.
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