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In [[politics]], '''income redistribution''' refers to the concept that [[government]]s should encourage the movement of [[wealth]] from richer individuals to poorer individuals.  It takes two forms: ''voluntary income redistribution'' (otherwise known as [[charity]]), and ''compulsary income redistribution''.

'''Income redistribution''' is the act or government policy of transferring [[wealth]] from richer individuals to poorer individuals.  It takes two forms: ''voluntary income redistribution'' (otherwise known as [[charity]]), and ''compulsary income redistribution''.

Some [[conservative]]s (such as [[Ayn Rand]]) oppose all forms of income redistribution, believing that a person should only receive in income what they are able to earn through the markets.  They believe that [[charity]] does harm both to the giver (by depriving him of what he earned), to the receiver (by not encouraging him to ''earn'' money), and to society as a whole (by taking money away from those who have shown themselves able to use it effectively, and giving it to those who have shown themselves incapable of using it effectively.

Some [[conservative]]s (such as [[Ayn Rand]]) oppose all forms of income redistribution, believing that a person should only receive in income what they are able to earn through the markets.  They believe that [[charity]] does harm both to the giver (by depriving him of what he earned), to the receiver (by not encouraging him to ''earn'' money), and to society as a whole (by taking money away from those who have shown themselves able to use it effectively, and giving it to those who have shown themselves incapable of using it effectively.