[loveliberty2]

Actually, when a "politician," or a group of "politicians" do it, it's still robbery (or thievery), according to Jefferson and America's founding generation.

As a matter of fact, that makes it even worse, for it means that what You legally can't take from your neighbor using a gun, you can get a corrupt politician and his cohorts to take using a man-made "law."

[Mrs. Don-o]

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[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I believe the popular term that defines what you are describing is “legalized theft.”