Thus, taking another person's property by force or by deception are specifically prohibited by God. Instead, we are called upon to respect the property of our neighbors. In addition to these commands, God also admonishes us to be merciful and compassionate. Thoughtful consideration of this question will reveal that the only way for government to pursue this course of action is to disregard individual property rights which is a practice that shows contempt for the law of God. Moreover, the attempt to fix the charitable relations among men through legislation implicitly assumes that people have the right to be treated mercifully and that this right is properly established by taking property away from taxpayers.
True mercy requires a voluntary sacrifice.
A person who has been forced to give up property for the benefit of another has not been merciful or compassionate. Nor has the one using force done anything charitable. On the contrary, in such situations the force used to expropriate the property is an act of injustice. Coerced charity is no charity at all. The same is true of all efforts to use government force to provide for the needs of the people.