It belongs to those who worked for it.
Inequalities in the distributions of wealth, power and opportunity mean that it doesn't in fact belong to those who worked for it. And levels of social mobility in the US are lower than in any advanced industrialised nation. Hardly a meritocracy is it ?
I think the answer that you are searching for, re. ownership of the wealth of the nation, is that it belongs to all of us. It is our common wealth. We share it and are custodians of it for future generations.
BS. The mobility of lazy people is declining. The mobility of highly motivated people such as myself has never been greater, due to the internet and technology.
No we can't give something for free which isn't free.
People actually have to compete. Marxism fails.
And so you will fail.
Add: fact is, the more you collectivize and redistribute, the lazier the people become.