Political fiscal policy is at the root of the great divide.

CHOICE IS EQUALITY OF RESULT ENFORCED BY THE STATE VS FREEDOM

SOCIALISM CAN ONLY EXIST WITH A MASSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE  

We are now witnessing the howls of indignation that the tax bill will let more people keep a larger share of their earnings. That evil corporations and business's are getting a tax break on the backs of the poor. These perceptions's that all business is evil, that the profit motive must be controlled by government through taxation. That Human nature itself must be controlled by increasingly taxing the productive members of society and sharing the wealth with those who have less. Of course the enforcer of these policies is the government, who reaps a share of the wealth through wages, pensions and political power and the ability to determine who should be a winner and who a loser.

This philosophy can be summed up in one statement,"FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITIES, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS",  KARL MARX  The predictable result is a society with less abilities and more needs.

These ideas which started in the middle of the 19th century and  culminated in the Russian revolution of  1917 have largely been proven by experience to be a dismal failure. Not just an economic failure, but also a failure in the fact that in an attempt to realize this dream it requires an authoritarian state to enforce these policies. It has proven that it requires the elimination of the opposition, the squashing of descent and complete control of all aspects of society through laws and regulations.. We have witnessed the results in the Soviet Union, the eastern block nations before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and China before its experiment in a dual capitalist and communist government. The result usually is  poverty for the masses and prosperity for good party members.

This debate is far from over, as we see millennials, who have been taught by their parents by their actions that they deserve to be taken care of by someone. First by their parents who have accommodated them to believe they are the center of the universe and deserve to be compensated by their mere existence. When the parents can no longer sustain them, the responsibility must be turned over to the government, who will gladly take charge just for giving them their vote and giving them the power to confiscate the wealth of others.

All Students should be required to read the "Communist Manifesto", by Karl Marx, as I hear the quotes every day from Democrats and big government types in the the Republican party. This required reading should be followed by reading of  the "Gulag Archipelago" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who lived through the communist revolution and witnessed the results. Who was put in a forced labor camp for years for being a reactionary in his writings. They should also take a vacation to Venezuela and witness the results of their beloved Philosophy.

The immigrants who come to this country from these communist countries are some of our most patriotic citizens. They are thankful for the opportunity to be free, to prosper, and shape their own destiny. This false song of government enforced economic equality is just that, a false philosophy which will produce the opposite results.