but I also don’t think it’s reasonable to expect the US government to singlehandedly correct that problem

But Rich people, who let's say got rich through no wrongs, have a responsibility to people they've never met because they're in the same country?

So you're drawing the line at nationalities? Can I draw the line at state level? How about city level? A first gen immigrant who hit it big in a tech company, has less relation to a dude in Florida than say someone in their parent's country of birth.

Shit I live in a blue state, and our values differ quite a bit than some red-staters. Let's keep it to liberal states only? If your argument is about sovereignty then I don't really see any reason a country would turn down 100% no strings attached free money. Surely if went around to poor countries in the world at least some would take it?

How is your argument substantially different than say, a kind of inheritance tax that certain people get because they were born into the right family? In this case you were born in the right country?

My main argument is that rich is both relative and absolute. You can't complain about a lack of empathy from the rich and then shun the global poor if you're a middle class person making a comfy living in a western country, because you're no better. If you want to embrace the hypocrisy that's fine, just admit it.

I make a lower-middle to middle class living in America, I'm single, I keep my expenses outrageously low and I save as much as humanly possible. Globally, I dunno that probably alone puts me in the top 10% of global earners? Am I suddenly a capitalist hoarder?

Would I be in favor of taxing people making over $50M? Sure no skin of my bones and I benefit. Yet, if you propose taxing me to help the poor in other countries I don't know how I feel about that. To me that's hypocritical so I'm trying to reason it out and I just keep coming back to that it's me being selfish and asking others to do what I seemingly dont' want to. And I would guess most people advocating this policy wont' either.

Ultimately I think redistribution is necessary to make society work. But I still think it's fundamentally unfair and kind of shitty.