Taxes should not rise to the level of confiscation.
If what's being confiscated is a society's compassion and sense of charity, I wholly agree. Governments do some things well (nat. defense) and fail miserably at others. What's missing is the honesty to admit when monies budgeted are wasted. Private corporations face bankruptcy, public agencies are satisfied with the same appropriation the following year, if not an increase in funding.