The Market as Re-distributor of Wealth
By Jacob Hornberger

One of the primary arguments employed by statistic to justify the welfare state is the necessity to equalize incomes. The rich just get richer and richer, and the poor just get poorer and poorer, in a free-market economy, say the statistics. To balance things out, they say, the state must take from the rich and give to the poor. Google Buzz Me

Lawsuit ruling in Florida gubernatorial campaign undercuts public financing

Gubernatorial races in two states have produced conflicting opinions from federal appeals courts on the constitutionality of publicly financed “matching funds” systems.

Florida Republican hopeful Rick Scott won a lawsuit before the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta which will curtail the state money available to his flagging, cash-poor opponent, Attorney General Bill McCollum.

As a publicly financed candidate, McCollum would have received matching funds for every dollar over $24.9 million by the self-funding, independently wealthy front-runner, Rick Scott. Google Buzz Me