Limited Pie Fallacy

The idea exists that there is a limited supply of money in the world. Along with this idea comes cries that we must redistribute these limited resources to create equality. This train of thought is shortsighted and fails to consider the evidence to the contrary. Wealth can be created, and does not have to be seized and redistributed. If you create an economy of growth more jobs are created along with commodities. Money is created by the government as a place holder for commodities, so individuals can exchange goods with out bartering. That is to say their need not be a coincidence of needs. Money may be limited in a country that is the number of place holding marker (coins or notes), but wealth is not. Commodities can be created and and there for wealth. Any one that will work to produce a needed commodity can produce wealth.

The limited pie fallacy is used by socialist and communists to fuel class warfare. This allows them to under mind the control that the wealthy often exercise. It is a lie fed to the masses to incite a feeling of entitlement. It plays on the greed and fears of people. It feeds them the lie that they will not get enough if they do not seize it violently or through taxation, rather than focusing their energy on producing their own wealth.

If people will work they can create their own destiny. That is what made America great. The constitution creates a framework in which a man can build a future for himself and his family. It is supposed to protect the wealth an individual earns. Slowly in the united states a feeling of entitlement has been built up with the lies that there is a limited amount of pie that needs to be seized and distributed. A man needs bread, but does not live by bread alone. A man must have a sense of accomplishment to have purpose. To have accomplishment he needs work. To have work he needs only find what his neighbor wants and find a way to get it for him, whether by producing it or securing it. This is how an economy works.

Some people are incapable of providing for themselves, and a safety net should exist for these people. Sadly though many feel they fall into this group who are actually quite capable, only lazy. Entitlement programs that are poorly monitored as they are in the USA only feed the problem and the misconception that there is not enough.