I always appreciated the work of Bill Moyers. Why? Not because I always agreed with his position but because he always made me think. As proof of concept the following quote appears in the 30-second blurb. "The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice."

While I don't know who said it, it did make me think. Your response may be different but I immediately started thinking about what Jacque Fresco had to say about growing up in the early 20th century. He talked about how there were things in the stores to buy but people could not buy them because of an artificial shortage—the shortage of money.

In the history of the US, what gets called free-market Capitalism is far from it. To offer but two examples

1. The US government paying farmers to not grow crops in order to maintain a shortage.
2. The Oil Depletion Allowance which gives a tax break to petroleum companies for using up oil.

I expect we can find an exception here and there but I think the quote is something we all need to think about rather than saying such things as "but they didn't earn it". Fresco says there is enough of everything for everyone. I think he is right and I think that government is there to make him look wrong.