Iamon lyme: There are some people in the US that think that by taxing the rich, and giving that money to the needy (as a sort of monetary equalization) that such an idea is sustainable in the long run. It's not. And it won't make people equal. Milton Friedman had it right. Only a free enterprize system can help equalize the financial disparity in a country. You take money from the rich and two problems immediately emerge: The rich run out of money and then refuse to work so hard and take so many risks only to have it confiscated by the government to give it to the undeserving who have little ambition in life (except to suck off the hard work of others).