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Income Redistribution

2007-07-30T13:39:38Z

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

Some [[conservative]]s (such as [[Ayn Rand]]) oppose most forms of 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 to the giver (by depriving him of what he earned), to the receiver (by not encouraging him to ''earn'' his sustenance), and to society as a whole (by taking resources away from those who have shown themselves able to create employment for others, and giving it to [[prodigal]]s.

Other conservatives favor ''voluntary'' redistribution through charities, but oppose ''compulsory'' redistribution, which they see as an unjust interference with private property rights.

[[Liberal]]s generally support both forms of income redistribution. Their position is premised on an [[egalitarian]] view of [[economic justice]], that it is unjust for individuals to have grossly different access to economic resources. Because market systems can at times create these inequalities, and because of their belief that individual charitable giving cannot be relied upon to counter these inequalities, liberals tend to advocate some degree of compulsary redistribution of resources as necessary.

Examples of government programs performing compulsory income redistribution include [[welfare]] and [[progressive taxation]].

[[Category:Economics]]

Nagasaki

2007-07-30T13:36:39Z

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'''Nagasaki''' is a city on the island of Kyushu in [[Japan]]. After the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] closed off Japan to foreigners, Nagasaki was the only port still open to European traders.

On August 9, 1945, in [[World War II]], an [[atomic bomb]] called [[Fat man]] was dropped on Nagasaki by the [[United States]], destroying large parts of the city.
[[category:Japan]]

Battle of Granicus

2007-07-30T13:35:45Z

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The '''Battle of Granicus''' was fought between the forces of [[Alexander the Great]] and a [[Persian]] army of about 40,000 men in western [[Asia Minor]] in May 334 B.C. It was one of the early engagements in Alexander's war against Persia. Approximately half of the Persian army was made up of Greek mercenaries. Alexander led an assault across the Granicus River and was victorious in a short, sharp battle. He then liberated the Asia Minor from Persian control.

==Sources==

Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979

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[[Category: Battles]]

Storm-Petrel

2007-07-30T13:34:55Z

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'''Storm-Petrels''' are small to medium-sized [[seabirds]] related to [[Petrel]]s and [[Albatross]]es. There are nine species found in North American waters:
* [[Wilson's Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Band-rumped Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Leach's Storm-Petrel]]
* [[White-faced Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Black Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Ashy Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Least Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel]]
* [[Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel]]

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[[Category:Birds]]

Income Redistribution

2007-07-30T13:34:19Z

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

Some [[conservative]]s (such as [[Ayn Rand]]) oppose most forms of 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 to the giver (by depriving him of what he earned), to the receiver (by not encouraging him to ''earn'' his sustenance), and to society as a whole (by taking resources away from those who have shown themselves able to create employment for others, and giving it to [[prodigal]]s.

Other conservatives favor ''voluntary'' redistribution through charities, but oppose ''compulsory'' redistribution, which they see as an unjust interference with private property rights.

[[Liberal]]s generally support both forms of income redistribution. Their position is premised on an [[egalitarian]] view of [[economic justice]], that it is unjust for individuals to have grossly different access to economic resources. Because market systems can at times create these inequalities, and because of their belief that individual charitable giving cannot be relied upon to counter these inequalities, liberals tend to advocate some degree of compulsary redistribution of resources as necessary.

Examples of government programs performing compulsary income redistribution include [[welfare]] and [[progressive taxation]].

[[Category:Economics]]