--- title: "20 Redistribute Wealth Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 20 Redistribute Wealth quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Redistribute Wealth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ha-joon-chang-3497_boost_the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to_788014.png" --- > [The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ha-joon-chang/the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to-redistribute-wealth-downward/) [Ha-Joon Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ha-joon-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ha-joon-chang-3497_boost_the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to_788014.png) > [Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/practically-all-government-attempts-to-redistribute-wealth-and-income-2/) [Henry Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/henry-hazlitt-2839_causes-of-poverty_practically-all-government-attempts-to-r_2948907.jpg) > [That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-hannan/that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes-they-don-t-redistribute/) [Daniel Hannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-hannan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/daniel-hannan-10657_high_that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes_2562965.jpg) > [What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-j-borjas/what-immigration-really-does-is-redistribute-wealth-away-from-workers/) [George J. Borjas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-j-borjas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/george-j-borjas-97449_doe_what-immigration-really-does-is-redistri_2191353.png) > [“But the lesson of those years is that the ruling class can't be relied upon to redistribute wealth and power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selina-todd/but-the-lesson-of-those-years-is-that-the-ruling-class-can-t-be/) [Selina Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selina-todd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/selina-todd-277008_class_but-the-lesson-of-those-years-is-that-th_3220530.jpg) > [Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/whoever-claims-the-right-to-redistribute-the-wealth-produced-by/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/ayn-rand-59_capitalism_whoever-claims-the-right-to-redistribute_1319530.jpg) > [It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-h-vandenberg/it-is-less-important-to-redistribute-wealth-than-it-is-to/) [Arthur H. Vandenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-h-vandenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/arthur-h-vandenberg-79739_change_it-is-less-important-to-redistribute-wea_248974.png) > [Whatever happened to Warren Buffett, the world's their-richest man? Guilt, a feeling of being blessed by luck, forgotten lessons - who knows?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-elder/whatever-happened-to-warren-buffett-the-world-s-their-richest-man/) [Larry Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/larry-elder-16548_being-blessed_whatever-happened-to-warren-buffett-the_2343187.png) > [Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-berwick/any-health-care-funding-plan-that-is-just-equitable-civilized-and/) [Donald Berwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-berwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/donald-berwick-26622_care_any-health-care-funding-plan-that-is-jus_2160445.png) > [The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-boortz/the-main-purpose-of-social-security-is-to-redistribute-wealth-to-make/) [Neal Boortz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-boortz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/neal-boortz-4250_basic-needs_the-main-purpose-of-social-security-is-t_2009746.png) > [Bill Clinton is not a hypocrite. If a man believes that it is just and moral to redistribute wealth, there is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/bill-clinton-is-not-a-hypocrite-if-a-man-believes-that-it-is-just-and/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/p-j-o-rourke-184_attempts_bill-clinton-is-not-a-hypocrite-if-a-man_782188.png) > [It's hard to improve our schools. It's hard to redistribute wealth created by the concentration of technological and financial power or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-kelman/it-s-hard-to-improve-our-schools-it-s-hard-to-redistribute-wealth/) [Glenn Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-kelman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/glenn-kelman-6951_building_it-s-hard-to-improve-our-schools-it-s-ha_1143666.jpg) > [If we genuinely believe in a bigger future for our country, we have to redistribute both wealth and power - so people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-lucas/if-we-genuinely-believe-in-a-bigger-future-for-our-country-we-have-to/) [Caroline Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-lucas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/caroline-lucas-5080_believe_if-we-genuinely-believe-in-a-bigger-futu_1592955.png) > [I think if you do have democracy it would transform the world because if the millions of people who die live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/i-think-if-you-do-have-democracy-it-would-transform-the-world-because/) [Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/tony-benn-2543_democracy_i-think-if-you-do-have-democracy-it-woul_1176226.jpg) > [“It is clear from the writings of our founding fathers that they disagreed with such excessive taxation to redistribute wealth. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/it-is-clear-from-the-writings-of-our-founding-fathers-that-they/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/ben-carson-3320_founding-fathers_it-is-clear-from-the-writings-of-our-fou_1209049.jpg) > [Liberalism's key principle is to redistribute wealth from the haves to the have nots. That takes money from the entities with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-nemko/liberalism-s-key-principle-is-to-redistribute-wealth-from-the-haves/) [Marty Nemko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-nemko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/marty-nemko-20791_average_liberalism-s-key-principle-is-to-redistr_1349873.jpg) > [A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/a-recent-poll-showed-that-nearly-half-the-american-public-believes/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/thomas-sowell-247_arbitrary_a-recent-poll-showed-that-nearly-half-th_1159766.jpg) > [“It is the occupation of politicians to deny this ubiquity, nay, universality of corroded hearts, to discount the barren laboriousness of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/it-is-the-occupation-of-politicians-to-deny-this-ubiquity-nay/) [William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/william-t-vollmann-2100_politicians_it-is-the-occupation-of-politicians-to-d_3027448.jpg) > [If there are no victims in the U.S, then there no need to redistribute wealth. Right? So that needs to be repealed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/if-there-are-no-victims-in-the-u-s-then-there-no-need-to-redistribute/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/rush-limbaugh-28_barack_if-there-are-no-victims-in-the-u-s-then_781515.jpg) > [There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-is-this-fashionable-progressive-notion-that-everything-is-so/) [Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/wendy-kaminer-16305_code_there-is-this-fashionable-progressive-no_995280.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/redistribute-wealth/#itemlist", "name": "Redistribute Wealth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ha-Joon Chang" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ha-joon-chang/the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to-redistribute-wealth-downward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ha-joon-chang-3497_boost_the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to_788014.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ha-joon-chang-3497_boost_the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to_788014.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/ha-joon-chang-3497_boost_the-best-way-to-boost-the-economy-is-to_788014.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a…” — Ha-Joon Chang", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/practically-all-government-attempts-to-redistribute-wealth-and-income-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/henry-hazlitt-2839_causes-of-poverty_practically-all-government-attempts-to-r_2948907.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/henry-hazlitt-2839_causes-of-poverty_practically-all-government-attempts-to-r_2948907.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/henry-hazlitt-2839_causes-of-poverty_practically-all-government-attempts-to-r_2948907.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives…” — Henry Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Hannan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-hannan/that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes-they-don-t-redistribute/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/daniel-hannan-10657_high_that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes_2562965.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/daniel-hannan-10657_high_that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes_2562965.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/daniel-hannan-10657_high_that-s-the-problem-with-very-high-taxes_2562965.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.” — Daniel Hannan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George J. 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