Ayn Rand warned that corruption of language is a primary tool of the collectivists. It should be obvious to anyone by now that she knew exactly what she was writing about. To a liberal the word “compassionate” means being willing to take your money from you to give to someone, perhaps the same liberal, who has not worked for it. It has nothing to do with the liberal actually giving his time or money to help someone. If you, on the other hand, object to having your money taken from you then YOU are “lacking compassion”. If you have money that you have not already spent on the necessities of life then you “have won life’s lottery” and should be happy to give most of your “winnings” away. That is of course unless YOU are a liberal and then it is okay for you to keep your winnings. It would be hilarious if it were not so evil.
"Compassionate" Conservatism aka 'Bush Conservatism' does the same thing.