Income Inequality/Income Redistribution

To the Editor:
In response to a response to my Jan. 15 letter, I need to clarify. First, the most listened to person on radio often times uses absurdity to address the absurd. That is exactly what I intended and I am sure most people “got it.” Some, however, did not.
I have not read nor have I listened to any of the “experts” this person refers to and I would bet 99.99 percent of the population has not either. Nor do I believe one must do so in order to understand the absurdity of the idea of income inequality/income redistribution. One need only apply a bit of common sense.
To illustrate, several years ago a financial commentator told everyone on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, “All those in favor of paying for your neighbors mortgage, raise your hand.” Not one single hand was raised, not one. Not even those who may have been supporters of income inequality/income redistribution. And why is that? Because every one of those people understood the absurdity of that idea.
But as absurd as the idea is, the president and the “liberal/progressives” of his political party think this is a wonderful idea. As I wrote in my previous letter, the president said, “everyone benefits when you spread the wealth around.” That, in my opinion, is absolutely untrue and I only need to offer the fact that I would not benefit if someone took what I have earned and gave it to someone else. I want to stress the objective of my initial letter — “Instead of taking and redistributing, under the phony narrative of ‘fairness’ or ‘income inequality’ (add redistribution if you want), let’s do this. Rely, once again, on family, faith, hard work, education, opportunity, responsibility, common sense, risk-taking and perseverance.”