From each according to their ability, to each according to their need!
This is actually perhaps the best philosophy ever. Unfortunately it doesn't work in real life as people tend to work as little as possible and take as much as they can get.
Btw, Gas Man, I know you are just cutting and pasting, but do you really believe in what you post?
Apart from the fact that the communist theories have substantially evolved since Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 wherein they laid down those ten 'planks', do you really believe that America is on the way to, for example, abolish all private property, centralize all means of communication and transportation in the hands of the state and force everyone (even the wealthy) to work, just to name a few? If yes, I guess you are running for the Kook of the Year Award?