>Improving the state of the poor does not imply it is necessary to prevent others from doing much better. I never said it does. I was just saying that providi

>Improving the state of the poor does not imply it is necessary to prevent others from doing much better. I never said it does. I was just saying that providing a minimum standard of living for the poor, at the expense of the rich (through increased taxes for health care, lowered property portfolio values for affordable housing, and increased wage expenditures for a liveable minimum wage) is a noble goal to pursue - arguably more noble than reusable rockets. The fact that you can't eliminate economic equality doesn't mean you should make no effort to reduce its harm.