Moore on Socialism (Pun Intended) :)

Micheal Moore says, "There's a ton of cash in this country... but it's a finite amount." He says we've "allowed" that "finite amount" of "cash" to be "in the hands of just a few people," who he says use it for themselves. They are not "helping you" with it, he points out.
Well, just to humor Micheal Moore... Let's imagine an America where people cannot use their money for themselves-- rather, the government will decide what is done with all of that excess money. Bad idea. Why? Because, when people no longer have the freedom to decide what they do with their money that they earn, the people no longer have rights-- which is completely contradictory to the essential purpose of Moore's socialism. He wants this money to be evenly distributed so that the lower and middle classes' rights are preserved through an increase in economic opportunity; but, in doing that, he actually abolishes all economic freedom and strips all classes (lower, middle, and upper) of their right to choose what they do with their money.
But that is the basis for socialism. The government evenly redistributes the wealth of the people to equalize the financial situations of the nation's citizens. The above irony that I pointed out (that, in trying to maximize the people's rights by redistributing wealth, the government actually destroys people's financial freedom and economic rights), is reason #1 why socialism would not work in our democratic society.
But why doesn't it work, in general?
Well, let me start out with an example of what Moore's suggestion of taxing the rich to give to the poor might look like. Let's say I am a single parent with no GED who works 50 hours a week for minimum wage to support my children, and the government gives me sufficient money from a tax imposed on the wealthy, ...I no longer will work 50 hours a week for minimum wage! Not if I can get by on money the government gives me! ...That is the main problem with socialism. If hard work is the only means by which a person can survive, that person will work hard. However, if someone is guaranteed a living regardless of the hours they put in, or their quality of work, both the time and quality of their work will decrease. Why work if it is unnecessary? It is in the natural character of man to think and act this way, which is why socialism would fail. The government can maintain control over what is done with the nation's wealth, but the government cannot maintain control over how hard people are working; and if people are not working hard, soon there is no wealth to redistribute, and your nation finds itself a pickle, impoverished and unable to escape poverty.