Because they've never been poor and have no clue where wealth actually comes from. They may even be terrified of the kind of work involved. It's very easy to say "all those greedy bastards who work hard to get rich should give their money away" when you've never had to dig yourself out of the gutter. When you've been broke and homeless and worked your ass off to get out of it, NOBODY is going to tell you how to spend YOUR money. Granted, most people who work their way up like this are also very generous--if they think you deserve it. People who *know* they can make more money generally aren't too concerned with grasping at it. Which is another reason why they're generally opposed to socialist programs--they prevent the hardworking sort from making more money.Hardcore_gamer said:
Most of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, for instance, are *college students* at schools like Harvard and Yale, where a year's tuition costs more than most people get in wages. The children of poor people don't pay their own way through those schools. You either get grants/loans/scholarships (in which case you're already the beneficiary of wealth redistribution, and who bites the hand that feeds them), or you already have substantial amounts of wealth.
