Tag: Redistribution of Wealth

For all those comparing Barack Hussein Obama to Abraham Lincoln, this excerpt from a speech on tariffs highlights the main difference. Lincoln did not believe in wealth redistribution.

During a tariff discussion on December 1, 1847, just before assuming his seat in the House of Representatives, Lincoln said this:

“And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that [all] such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.”

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