[plutonicks]

Unfortunately the resources to resolve the issue are rival and limited.

This ultimately means that giving to the poor deprives another.

The question then becomes should the parents and children of parents who make more sustainable choices be forced to support the parents and children those who don't. This is generally the current state of our welfare system. Tax burden and impact is predominantly on the middle class.

The result is dysgenic, i.e. Better outcomes are punished, worse outcomes are rewarded.

Its also a classic trolley problem, and thus both action (wealth distribution) and inaction are immoral.

The next argument will be that we should lift everyone to a minimum standard. However this still fails the test above and fails to realise that wealth is unfortunately relative.

Couple that with the dead-weight loss of the tax system and you actually create a spiral of poverty that starts to consume all except the richest.