| | '''Income redistribution''' can be either the act of an individual's voluntary [[charitable]] giving or government mandated compulsory transfer of [[asset]]s and [[income]] from one group of citizens to another group. | | '''Income redistribution''' can be either the act of an individual's voluntary [[charitable]] giving or government mandated compulsory transfer of [[asset]]s and [[income]] from one group of citizens to another group. |
| − | Most [[conservative]]s accept and advocate voluntary charitable giving as necessary to alleviate social problems, and believe government should not interfere, but rather should encourage personal involvement and personal giving to the underprivileged, elderly, disabled, and other hardship cases. Also, many conservatives view some forms of government redistribution as an impingement on personal rights, leading to unjust expropriation of property, fostering irresponsible social conduct and acting as a disincentive for personal involvement to alleviate social problems. Also, mandatory giving may create jobs for bureaucrats and dependent constituencies as electoral bases. | + | Most [[conservative]]s accept and advocate voluntary charitable giving as necessary to alleviate social problems, and believe government should not interfere, but rather should encourage personal involvement and personal giving to the underprivileged, elderly, disabled, and other hardship cases. Also, many conservatives view some forms of government redistribution as an impingement on personal rights, leading to unjust expropriation of property, fostering irresponsible social conduct and acting as a disincentive for personal involvement to alleviate social problems. Also, mandatory giving may create jobs for bureaucrats and dependent constituencies as electoral bases. By contrast better off liberals like professors are more likely to vote for political parties that favor income redistribution although income redistribution will increase the taxation they personally pay. They show altruism by the way they vote. |
| | [[Liberal]]s generally support income redistribution based on their belief that individual charitable giving cannot be relied upon and tends to advocate some degree of compulsory redistribution of resources as necessary. | | [[Liberal]]s generally support income redistribution based on their belief that individual charitable giving cannot be relied upon and tends to advocate some degree of compulsory redistribution of resources as necessary. |