Barack Obama, from the transcript of a radio call in program, cited in a
National Review article, and linked to the original audio from the
Drudge Report here:
The Supreme Court never entered into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.
Obama continues:
One of the, I think, the tragedies of the civil-rights movement was because the civil-rights movement became so court-focused, uh, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.
"Redistribution" is lawyer-speak for the government stealing from those who earn the money to give it to those who don't, won't, or can't. Go read the entire interview, which took place on WBEZ, Chicago public radio in 2001, or listen to it on YouTube.
