No one is talking about eliminating rich people or ending income inequality. Wealth redistribution is a legitimate form of reducing poverty (at least in theory,

No one is talking about eliminating rich people or ending income inequality. Wealth redistribution is a legitimate form of reducing poverty (at least in theory, if not always in practice). There are coherent economic arguments for defending your second paragraph, but that's not what's being proposed here. Do you acknowledge that wealth redistribution through progressive taxation can increase the quality of life for those in poverty? If you reject that assertion, why?