The government can do nothing without first taking property from someone else. How much government should do cannot be separated from the problem of how much government must take. Who gets to decide what and “how much” is at the very heart of the divide between the left and the right.
Progressives always want the government to do more. There is, in fact, no end to what it should do, in their mind. Ask them where it ends. How much is enough? They have no answer. But government can do nothing without first taking property from someone else, and the rich make for a big target. A target that moves. Just ask Democrat Governor Dannel Malloy. More…