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Article: Examining: "redistribution of wealth".
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- National Voter
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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Redistribution of wealth was all the rage following a five-minute encounter between then presidential candidate Barak Obama and Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher on October 12, 2008. Candidate Obama told Wurzelbacher that "my attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." (1) From that point on redistributionism was back in vogue. (2)
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In September, even before the encounter with "Joe the Plumber," candidate Obama was confronted with the charge of redistribution of wealth when interviewed by commentator Bill ...