"Everybody sharing" is one thing. I already give the bulk of my paycheck (which already has nearly half my income confiscated before I see it) to 3 other no-income people. "Curb income inequality" doesn't recognize the sharing already occurring, but instead promises to put a gun to my head if I don't "share" more, which I do indeed find very scary.
Before taking from "the rich" while on this income-redistribution crusade, find out how many others they're already supporting, by contract or charity or responsibility.
> "Curb income inequality" doesn't recognize the sharing already occurring, but instead promises to put a gun to my head
Even not riding a train without a ticket is ultimately enforced with a gun pointed to someone's head, as is paying taxes.
I'd be in favour of taxation that works like air friction does, the faster you move, the more friction increases, reaching a hard limit at some point. Instead of the opposite, the super rich and corporations effectively buying loopholes.
Corruption/bribery is always a problem in politics. The US Constitution was written to grant the government limited powers; over time, explicit limits have been worn down to corrupt plain meaning of key terms ("interstate commerce", "general welfare", etc) and normalize the very perversion they were intended to prevent.
The ultimate solution to such problems remains intact: vote. Lobbying and voter persuasion is quite effective, so vote out those who create/preserve such loopholes and vote in those who close them. For all the whining consternation people exude about such problems, very few actually direct that energy toward meaningful solutions; the super rich and corporations have learned to direct such energy and exploit it accordingly.
Wait, I tought we were talking about what we would think would be a desirable state of things -- how to achieve that is an entirely different subject.
Not that I disagree with that part, though of course one problem is what a politician promises before election, and what they do afterwards, is often not correlated at all.
Before taking from "the rich" while on this income-redistribution crusade, find out how many others they're already supporting, by contract or charity or responsibility.