Your beer versus water question works for food as well. Will there be difference of opinion by the law if the starving man steals bread versus steak? The tax,

Your beer versus water question works for food as well. Will there be difference of opinion by the law if the starving man steals bread versus steak? The tax, or charity for that matter, to feed the poor is something that works quite well in many areas of the world, even in the evil capitalistic systems.