[Gys]

'the logic of the free market, which is that the government should redistribute wealth'

I do not think this is correct. The free market is a way by itself to distributes wealth. 'Re'-distributing wealth would mean the government interfering. For example by setting fixed prices so drivers earn more money and Uber making less profit (higher losses ;-) (and/or passengers paying higher prices).

[overpaidgoogler]

Yes, restrictions on prices indirectly redistribute wealth. But what I was saying was that the government should only redistribute wealth directly, via welfare and taxes (eg income, sales or vat).

[amelius]

> The free market is a way by itself to distributes wealth.

The free market only causes agglutination of money.