Thats not it at all --a homeless person cannot take any bodies money, but nations have to tax its citizens to pay for its neds to provide services for the people and protection from is enemies, and maintain order.

There are only two kinds of rich-the criminal rich and the foolish rich; Theodore Rooswevelt.

Wealth and politics have a long history of intense interaction in the United States. From the 1780s on, foreign visitors remarked about Americans being money-fixated. John Stuart Mill, the English political economist, suggested in 1860 that in America, "the life of the whole of one sex is dev**ed to dollar-hunting, and the other to breeding dollar h****rs." A generation earlier, Alexis de Tocqueville had observed that, "Whenever the reverence which belonged to what is old has vanished, birth, condition, and profession no longer distinguish men, or scarcely distinguish them, hardly anything but money remains.... Among aristocratic nations, money reaches only to a few points on the vast circle of man's desires; in democracies, it seems to lead all."

Here’s the t***h: The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education and infrastructure, and not raise taxes on the working middle class is by raising taxes on the super rich. Even if we got rid of corporate welfare subsidies for big oil, big agriculture, and big Pharma — even if we cut back on our bloated defense budget — it wouldn’t be nearly enough.

The vast majority of Americans can’t afford to pay more. Despite an economy that’s twice as large as it was thirty years ago, the bottom 90 percent are still stuck in the mud. If they’re employed they’re earning on average only about $280 more a year than thirty years ago, adjusted for inflation. That’s less than a 1 percent gain over more than a third of a century. (Families are doing somewhat better but that’s only because so many families now have to rely on two incomes.)

Yet even as their share of the nation’s total income has withered, the tax burden on the middle has grown. Today’s working and middle-class taxpayers are shelling out a bigger chunk of income in payroll taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes than thirty years ago.
It’s just the opposite for super rich. The top 1 percent’s share of national income has doubled over the past three decades (from 10 percent in 1981 to well over 20 percent now). The richest one-tenth of 1 percent’s share has tripled. And they’re doing better than ever. According to a new analysis by the Wall Street Journal, total compensation and benefits at publicly-traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record in 2010 — $135 billion.

Comrade Nikki, it seems you are one of the most delusional persons on the planet. Where do I begin?
You quote de Tocqueville, but you've omitted one of his most important observations: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people discover they can v**e themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always v**es for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy--to be followed by a dictatorship” (hello current radical left platform!)
The American middle class began to die directly after the meeting of the g*******t, filthy rich magnates at Jekyll Island in 1913 which spawned the Federal Reserve Bank. Not surprisingly, the 16th Amendment was ratified 3 years later and federal income tax began to crush the American family; the "big government" juggernaut was launched and the U.S. has never been the same. By the end of the 1960's, SCOTUS had removed Bibles & God from our classrooms and because of an increased tax burden, both parents of the nuclear family were forced to participate in the workplace to make ends meet. These events resulted in placing the children in the care of the public school system, and the indoctrination of our youth (to worship the state) was underway, checking off 3 boxes of "The C*******t Manifesto".
So you see, comrade, in order to understand the present, we must remember our history and how we got here. Our not-so-solvent Social Security institution, coupled with massive entitlement programs and a ginormously bloated government is the real financial burden on America. You believe reducing our military strength will solve our financial woes? How can a free society exist without protecting itself from foreign enemies without the ability to defend itself?
And one final point: If you & your ilk manage to convince the majority to overtax the rich, how long do you think the rich will keep their money & assets here in the U.S.? Take a moment and think about that, genius.

Comrade Nikki, it seems you are one of the most delusional persons on the planet. Where do I begin?
You quote de Tocqueville, but you've omitted one of his most important observations: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people discover they can v**e themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always v**es for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy--to be followed by a dictatorship” (hello current radical left platform!)
The American middle class began to die directly after the meeting of the g*******t, filthy rich magnates at Jekyll Island in 1913 which spawned the Federal Reserve Bank. Not surprisingly, the 16th Amendment was ratified 3 years later and federal income tax began to crush the American family; the "big government" juggernaut was launched and the U.S. has never been the same. By the end of the 1960's, SCOTUS had removed Bibles & God from our classrooms and because of an increased tax burden, both parents of the nuclear family were forced to participate in the workplace to make ends meet. These events resulted in placing the children in the care of the public school system, and the indoctrination of our youth (to worship the state) was underway, checking off 3 boxes of "The C*******t Manifesto".
So you see, comrade, in order to understand the present, we must remember our history and how we got here. Our not-so-solvent Social Security institution, coupled with massive entitlement programs and a ginormously bloated government is the real financial burden on America. You believe reducing our military strength will solve our financial woes? How can a free society exist without protecting itself from foreign enemies without the ability to defend itself?
And one final point: If you & your ilk manage to convince the majority to overtax the rich, how long do you think the rich will keep their money & assets here in the U.S.? Take a moment and think about that, genius.