The biggest assumption here is the belief that taking from the rich and giving to the politicians+bureaucrats, i.e. the government, is actually going to help t

The biggest assumption here is the belief that taking from the rich and giving to the politicians+bureaucrats, i.e. the government, is actually going to help the needy in any meaningful way. I am too skeptical to trust this assumption. And the current state of democracy in the U.S. does not make me feel too optimistic about the longer term either.