Why Redistribution = Socialism

Robin Hood was deemed a hero for stealing fromt he rich and giving to the poor. In his time, he WAS a hero - for the economic model of the day ensured that a producer could never become wealthy. Ayn Rand correctly paints Robin Hood as a villain in today's economy. To understand one of the core tenets of socialism/liberalism, you have to understand that they are adhering to an outdated economic model. For a complete discussion of this, see http://calculatedrisk.blogtownhall.com/2008/10/31/fundamen tal_assumptions_i_the_zero-sum_game.thtml

They money Robin stole from the rich they had stolen from the others, and were the source of making those others poor - often at peril of being run through by henchman of the king or "Shire-Reif," but that was a feudal era, when all equity was vested under the King, no matter the source of the hire any result was the King's Property.

Here and now we have a production basis, a value added whether by employees who helped bring about the production or the inventor/engineer/mathematician, etc. who had the brilliant thought, or all of the above working together under one name for a paycheck, these are not to work for free but to work for a reason: being paid, receiving value for their labor whatever it may be (which I believe is essentially what your model is).

This is why the capitalism, especially today, is so perfect in relation to freedom. Instead of a government dictate, or the dictate of a wealthy person being the sole discretion of any given situation, you have the additional abilities to gain the talents of the people above.

At one time in history this was just looked at as labor, today it is looked at as talent. I recommend a book called "First, Break All The Rules" by Buckingham & Coffman for insight into how institutional investors (unions) and their billions have changed the way Human Resources looks at all employment.