Well, since yours is the first post in this thread to mention liberals, I'm assuming you've shoved yourself into the fray.
By the way, income redistribution is not a liberal trait, but rather a progressive one. To my chagrin, progressives have, IMHO, stolen and debased the term liberal from it's roots in libertarianism. A classic liberal believes in equality, the rule of law, the security of private property, the freedom to make individual contracts and limited government.
Progressives have ruined the term.