Re: selfishness v altruism
Is it really alturistic to use the force of government, under threat of imprisonment, to force people to give to others via taxation? Likewise, why aren't those who seek ever higher amounts of other people's money considered selfish? Those who seek to gain and hold political power via taxing some to give to the many are among the most selfish people alive.
Methinks the Left likes to wrap their particular form of greed - namely for other people's money - in high sounding terms that fail under close examination.