>One set of people are taxed to pay for things, another set of people get the benefit Ah, no. ALL people pay for things. How that payment occurs is a product o

>One set of people are taxed to pay for things, another set of people get the benefit Ah, no. ALL people pay for things. How that payment occurs is a product of a progressive tax system in most cases, but there is no requirement that such a system exists to run service. You wouldn't call a private security service employed by a gated community "wealth redistribution", would you? Although if they had an income driven progressive fee structure it would be.