Reply #116: It's also eminent domain, such as Kelo in Conn whose house was

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taken for a development that never happened.

Taxes and redistribution just for the sake of redistribution are not the same. I no longer have kids in public school, but I do have the next two generations attending. If they are provided, by me or their parents, pencils and other supplies then those supplies should be theirs. Those supplies should not be taken and redistributed.

If a kid makes a A on a test, I guess some might think it is fine for the teacher to take some of his/her points from that test and give it a kid who is failing. That is redistribution, and some think it is fine. I don't.

If a kid has an apple in his lunch box, some proponents of redistribution would say that the apple should be divided amongst the kids who don't have one. If the apple kid wants to share, that is the right thing to do. If the teacher takes the apple and divides it, that is theft.

I guess the teacher taking the supplies for the communal pot could be considered theft as well.