“I actually believe in redistribution” – Barack Obama

Via US News:

President Barack Obama blamed “tactics” and “rhetoric” for Washington’s gridlock, which he says could be averted if lawmakers focused on governing rather than elections during the 2013 CEO Council hosted by The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. […]

Obama also defended himself against charges that he’s a socialist.

“People call me a socialist sometimes, but you’ve got to meet real socialists, you’ll have a real sense of what a socialist is,” he said. “I’m talking about lowering the corporate tax rate, my health care reform is based on the private marketplace, the stock market is doing pretty good the last time I checked and it is true that I am concerned about growing inequality in the system, but nobody questions the efficacy of a market economy in terms of producing wealth and innovation and keeping us competitive.”

From last week: Report: Government Redistributed More Than $2 Trillion From Top 40 Percent To Bottom 60 Percent In 2012