Why Redistribution of Wealth?

According to the Washington Times,. Chris Van Hollen is calling for wealth redistribution in the US. He wants tax increases on the wealthy, with that increased tax revenue going directly to tax reductions for the poor.The government would dole out $1,000 tax credits for most workers and increase a slew of other tax credits for poor and middle-class families. He makes no reference to "earned income tax credits", which are already in place and pay cash to low income taxpayers, as disguised welfare.
Representative Chris Van Hollen is a Democrat from Maryland. He is also a ranking member of the House Budget Committee, having achieved that position in 2010 when Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats had control of the House. In this case, "ranking member" means that he is the most senior member of the Democratic Party on the committee. With the Democrats out of control in the House, the ranking member has little or no power. The chairman of the committee is Paul Ryan, who now runs things.
We don't know what motivates Rep. Van Vollen to his ideology of wealth redistribution, but we can make a few guesses. The first is that he may be a human misfit prone to abusive compassion. In this case, his compassion may be to the poor, and he wants to eliminate them. Like all abuses of compassion for the poor, he neglects a more than 2000-year-old statement by a well-known individual, which was "There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." The context in which that statement was made involved a definition of "poor" part, which meant that individual lack of food and clothing. Does Rep.Van Hollen feel that he can eliminate the poor in one fell swoop when we have had them for more than 2000 years? Not likely.
A more reasonable hypothesis for Chris Van Hollen's suggestion of wealth redistribution is that he is attempting to obtain a resurgence of power for the Democratic Party. Pres. Obama and the previous Democratic Congress have done everything in their power to bring into the country immigrants of low economic means, who when able to vote will favor the Democratic platform of wealth redistribution.
However, this country was founded on a completely different basis. The fundamental concept of the founding fathers in developing the Constitution was to protect the people against an enormous, out-of-control federal government. Unfortunately, the people have allowed this concept to be adulterated, even to the extent that now most Americans believe we have a democracy, rather than the republic on which it was founded.
However, before the rush to democratization, America was considered the land of opportunity. This meant that if one worked hard and smart, one could achieve significantly higher economic status. Under that concept, America developed industrially and economically at an enormous rate.. Benefits came to the people in the form of cheap construction steel, electric lights, telephone communication, heating with fossil fuels, rapid air transportation and a number of other benefits.
No redistribution of wealth can serve to develop a better economic status for all people than individual opportunities to develop products and systems for the benefit of the developers, which automatically involves benefits to the public.