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It's because society has sanitized the process to the point that people don't view taxes as literally stealing from people under the threat of death. You propose it's immoral to not take someone's property to feed people. I propose that if you personally had to kill the rich guy to get his stuff, that you would view it differently. And that's what taxes are, theft under threat of death. If you don't pay, guys with guns come to take your stuff and if you resist...they will kill you.I don't believe taxes are stealing so I don't come to the conclusion that you do, but otherwise what you say is true. I personally don't find it acceptable for society as a whole to allow suffering and death because of individual failings- if the actions of people like you and me aren't enough, I think government has a role. I probably won't ever understand how you reconcile a God who says not to steal with a God who also says to take care of the least of us-- how you decided that not "stealing" is more important than alleviating suffering-- but that's why I'm not you, I guess.