Obama's economic theory, illustrated

This photo of a building in Madrid (artist: Blu) depicts an infinite cycle of pickpocketing:
Alberto de Pedro has more photos of this building here (Hat tip: LaughingSquid).

This seems to capture the American liberal/Democrat view of economics: tax one person to give benefits to the next person. This is the zero-sum view of economics which fails to understand redistribution alone cannot make for a successful economic system: somewhere there have to be people doing productive activities.

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