It also works the other way around: high taxation absolves me of moral obligations towards charitable causes, because through government we have institutionaliz

It also works the other way around: high taxation absolves me of moral obligations towards charitable causes, because through government we have institutionalized our compassion. The government's moral failures in that area are not mine to bear personally. (not that I don't give to charities, but I tend to view my charities as political acts rather than moral acts).