What if they won?

Today, I was thinking of the protestors that are now spreading across the country.  I couldn't help but think about what they are standing for and against.  They are against Capitalism.  They are for taxing the rich.  They are for redistrubuting the wealth.  This is what I think.  Let me give you an example.

There are homeless people in this country that would consider everyone who was not homeless, rich.  So.. the government would tax you more than the homeless.  Since you are now considered rich, you have to pay more taxes to the government.  So... that would mean that you can't have as much stuff as you do because it will cost you more in taxes to have those things.  So.... why not give all your belongings to those that are homeless?  Now you wouldn't be taxed so much.  Since you are against Capitalism, why not get rid of everything you own, even the clothes on your back.   Capitalism provided you with the opportunity to have everything you own.  Even the clothes on your back are available to you due to Capitalism.  Now you would be a true anti-capitalist.  You would now know what it is like to be rich.  And, you have redistributed the wealth.

If the protesters accomplish what they seek, this is what things may end up looking like.  Maybe not to the extreme of having no clothes to wear, but, the rest is conceivable.  This is not what I want the rest of my life to look like.  This is not what I want the family I will one day leave behind to face.  I want us all to have the same chances in life and in business to accomplish what we can accomplish.  I would like to go back to the times where we had less government.  Where we had more opportunities to improve our lives and the lives of our children.  Is it possible?  I think so.  I think if we had the right government, we could have a country, where people from other countries could come here legally and contribute to make our country better.  I want a country where we are envied by all the other countries to the point they would learn from us and strive to improve their own country because of the greatness of this country.