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Are there contexts in which this actually means taxation, or is this merely used to characterize/describe taxation as the [[redistribution]] of [[wealth]]? (I was tempted to RFD this but felt RFV was the better forum, since the sense would presumably be idiomatic if real.) - -sche (discuss) 03:36, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
- Is there any other idiomatic definition is this one fails RFV? It's not clear from the words [[redistribution]] and [[wealth]] that it means using money from taxes and fines (and so on) to give to the poorer in society. Or is that all culture-specific and therefore not part of the definition? Mglovesfun (talk) 16:36, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
- Not everyone views the term as pejorative, eg, the beneficiaries.
- Redistribution of wealth can occur in many ways, eg, from the populace as a whole to government officials, as in a kleptocracy, or from commoners to the beneficiaries of Enclosure. DCDuring TALK 16:46, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
- Don't forget charities as well. And communist revolutionaries that literally take everyone's possessions and literally redistribute them. --WikiTiki89 16:51, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
- (e/c) It doesn't actually mean using taxes and fines, it just often implies that. Just like when someone says "The government is taking all my money," it implies taxes, but does not mean that "taking money" means "taxing". --WikiTiki89 16:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
I added an economics definition (which I think should be there if we end up keeping this entry). See also Redistribution of income and wealth. The taxation sense should probably be deleted in any case unless someone can provide indisputable quotes. --Hekaheka (talk) 05:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
- I've deleted the disputed def and expanded the economics def slightly. - -sche (discuss) 01:15, 6 June 2014 (UTC)