The politics of redistribution has encouraged Americans to demand ever-expanding rights and entitlements from government without assuming corresponding responsibilities to the common weal. By converting citizens into special pleaders for government favors, it has diminished citizenship while threatening to bankrupt the country. The pursuit for justice remains critical, but it must be pursued in the context of rooted communities, public conversation and public work, rather than escalating demands on the state for redistribution and redress.
I suggest most politicians, past and present, have no idea the damage they have and are doing by practicing and encouraging "politics of redistribution". It has real trickle-down effects; to the core of America - its citizens.
