Exam Claims 'Income Redistribution' Among 'Main Functions Of Government'

"The role of government is to redistribute wealth, according to a course at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
A test, administered on April 29 in Professor John Traxler’s Healthcare Economics class, told students that '[o]ne of the main functions of government is income redistribution,' then asked them to explain what the statement meant. The correct answer was C: 'Taxing the wealthy and giving it to those in poverty.'”