To suggest that taxation equals help for those less fortunate and is therefore a moral obligation is a non-sequitur, particularly in this age of bailouts of ban

To suggest that taxation equals help for those less fortunate and is therefore a moral obligation is a non-sequitur, particularly in this age of bailouts of banks and car companies. Even if it wasn't, no moral obligation is being satisfied when such "help" is forcibly extracted. Further, it can be convincingly argued that such forcible extraction and wasteful reallocation of wealth reduces many people's capacity and willingness to voluntarily help those less fortunate.