Wealth Redistribution on Townhall

The Big Con Sat Feb 23

Bill O'Reilly

Please listen up. We are all being conned by the Obama administration. This year, the American taxpayer will fork over about $571 billion to pay for educating children in the nation's public schools. All told, the country spends close to $16,000 per student every year on primary through college education. That's the highest per-student spending rate in the world. ... more
Right Must Summon Moral Courage To Fight Back Fri Jan 25

David Limbaugh

Welcome to an America with liberalism in full ascendancy as golfer Phil Mickelson apologizes for doing nothing wrong while the Obama administration lambasts its opponents for justly demanding it apologize for doing plenty wrong on Benghazi. ... more
The Depardieu Revolution Tue Jan 1

Pat Buchanan

When Socialist President Francois Hollande took office, he swiftly made good on his pledge to raise the top tax rate on Frenchmen who earn a million euros a year -- to 75 percent. ... more
Tax Rich Liberals Wed Dec 12

Ann Coulter

Republicans have been forced into a Hobson's choice of either letting the Bush tax cuts expire for everyone or agreeing to a tax hike on the top 2 percent of income earners (not to be confused with "the rich," who have already made, inherited or married their money). ... more
Redistribution: What it Means and Where it Leads Thu Sep 20

Jack Kerwick

We now have exhibition 4,003 to prove that, at bottom, Barack Obama’s agenda is and has always been socialistic to the core. ... more
The Mind of Your Basic Hollywood Liberal Thu Jul 12

Larry Elder

Richard Kind is a funny, talented actor. I had the pleasure of working with him when I did a cameo on the show "Spin City," where Kind co-starred. He was thoughtful and helpful on set, even though I was a dreaded non-lefty. ... more
The Truth When It Hurts Tue May 8

Bill Murchison

What Barack Obama has going for him in 2012 is, well, put it this way: human nature. ... more
Redistributing Tinier Slices of Obama's Economic Pie Fri Apr 27

Donald Lambro

WASHINGTON - Somewhere between the New Frontier and the Age of Obama, the Democrats turned fiercely anti-capitalism, anti-business, anti-wealth and anti-success. ... more
Spread the Wealth Around? How About Spreading the GPAs Around Instead? Tue Apr 24

Katie Pavlich
Shocker: College Kids Against GPA Redistribution Tue Apr 24

America

Check out the hypocritical thinking on college campuses today where many are willing to redistribute wealth but not grades. ... more
America Won't Get Rich by Relying on the Permanent Poor Wed Apr 18

Ben Shapiro

America is a land of class mobility. That's what makes America a magnet destination for people all over the world: Come to America and make something of yourself. ... more
Obama's Message Has Nothing to Do with Fairness or Recovery Fri Apr 13

Star Parker

President Obama has laid out the core message of his reelection campaign. It is a message whose claims are blatantly false and whose point is irrelevant to what is of greatest concern to Americans today. ... more
Obama: I'm Not Interested in Redistribution...But We Must Pass the Buffett Rule Wed Apr 11

Guy Benson
Random Thoughts Tue Apr 10

Thomas Sowell

Have you noticed that what modest economic improvements we have seen occurred during the much-lamented "gridlock" in Washington? Nor is this unusual. If you check back through history, doing nothing has a far better track record than that of politicians intervening in the economy. ... more
Income Mobility, Not Income Gaps Sun Apr 1

Jay W. Richards

All-American rocker Bruce Springsteen has taken to the pages of Rolling Stone magazine to lament the existence of income inequality in our country today: “You cannot have a social contract with the enormous income disparity — you’re going to slice the country down the middle. It’s not going to hold.” ... more
Are the "Less Fortunate" Less Fortunate? Tue Mar 27

Dennis Prager

In his front-page-of-the-business-section "Economic Scene" column in The New York Times last week, Eduardo Porter wrote, "The United States does less than other rich countries to transfer income from the affluent to the less fortunate." ... more
Obama Money Sat Mar 24

Bill O'Reilly

Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's daughter, has unleashed a firestorm of social controversy by interviewing some welfare recipients who told her on camera that they believe they're entitled to "Obama money." That is, welfare checks. ... more
What Is Fair? Wed Mar 21

John Stossel

President Obama says he want to make society more fair. Advocates of big government believe fairness means taking from rich people and giving to others: poor people; or people who do things politicians approve of, like making “green” energy equipment (Solyndra); or old people (even rich ones) through Social Security and Medicare. ... more
Springsteen to Trade "Thunder Road" for "The Road to Serfdom" Thu Feb 23

AWR Hawkins

I well remember 1984, riding with my cousin to see “The Boss” on his "Born in the USA" tour in Lexington, KY. The arena was packed that night, and after playing for about two hours Springsteen looked out at the crowd and asked: “Do you guys need a break?” He then played for another hour. ... more
The 1 Percent Blues Sat Jan 21

Bill O'Reilly

Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over the place. But my dad said he could buy two pair for the price of one from some guy in South Dakota. One problem: The pants never fit. ... more
An Open Letter to the Occupiers from Generation X Fri Jan 20

Rachel Alexander

To the Occupy movement: I know some of you mean well. I even share some of your concerns. The dismal economy has made it difficult to find a good job with benefits. Meanwhile, the government is bailing out the wealthy banks and mortgage lenders that helped precipitate this depressed economy. ... more
Obama vs. Christie and the Future Thu Jan 19

Emmett Tyrrell

Whose job would you want to have? Would it be President Barack Obama's or Governor Chris Christie's in the great state of New Jersey? Would it be President Obama's, whose budget woes are getting graver, or would it be Governor Christie's, whose budget is at least looking to be survivable? ... more
An Ignored 'Disparity' Tue Jan 17

Thomas Sowell

With all the talk about "disparities" in innumerable contexts, there is one very important disparity that gets remarkably little attention -- disparities in the ability to create wealth. ... more
Voters Want Growth, Not Income Redistribution Thu Dec 29

Michael Barone

If you want redistribution, you'd better first produce growth. ... more
Restarting the Great American Jobs Machine Fri Dec 23

Donald Lambro

The Commerce Department's revised GDP report ?Thursday threw cold water on the fading hope that the economy is ?breaking out of its doldrums.? ... more