A community pooling money then using that money to buy things that the community needs is not "Robbing Peter to pay Paul". "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" means "sh

A community pooling money then using that money to buy things that the community needs is not "Robbing Peter to pay Paul". "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" means "shuffling debts around". That's not what is happening here. > If your city's population got together and voted to tax people who post on HN at 99% to fund banquets for children, would you similarly not consider that theft? This is why courts and judges exist. Obviously that would be an unreasonable tax under normal circumstances that no rational judge would uphold.