I was reading an article ( http://zfacts.com/p/318.html )
In it the author says:
"The only way out of this, if we don't want to wait 10 years, is for the government to spend, pay unemployment insurance, or give tax breaks to people who will spend (not the rich)."

It's frightening that someone would think this. Following Mr Soft's logic: the rich don't spend, but the middle class and poor people do. So we tax the rich to fund a stimulus to give to the middle class. They now have extra cash, temporarily. They spend the cash; meaning, they give the cash to the rich. Mr Soft says that the rich won't spend it, so we're right back where we started.

We can only go through the loop again with more government intervention.

Rich -------government-------->middle class/poor |
^                                                |
|___________________Spend money__________________|

Mr Soft doesn't have the right idea. When we give the rich tax breaks they DO spend it.

They gain a surplus of money and decide they want to live a better lifestyle. They either hire people directly to provide services, or indirectly by purchasing luxury items that take lots of middle class workers to produce. So instead of giving the middle class tax breaks, we should give the rich tax breaks.

Rich have extra money. They Buy more expensive items made and maintained by more middle and lower class individuals.

Rich-------->Middle class/poor |
^                              |
|______________________________|

And look, a self sustaining economy without government intervention.

Why do people want government to act as Robin Hood?
Jealousy.

At some point in history a person who is currently rich or one of their ancestors worked their asses off to make a better life for their children. Yes their kids have an advantage.

Is that a bad thing?

Would you want to work hard for your kids and then the government steals most of what you worked for through taxation? Even worse to keep the economy alive the government needs to repeatedly steal from you.

Lower and middle class liberals are either blind with jealousy or lazy, and want the government to steal for them.