I believe Jesus was concerned with the actions of the individual not government. I might be wrong, but I don't think there is any scripture that says government should not collect taxes to help people.Fascinating question, responders miss an interesting point. In my personal indoctrination into Christianity, Jesus gave to the poor, clothed the needy, and didn't charge or rationalize inequality. He wasn't in love with wealth or power either. That would make Jesus an egalitarian, now can you imagine the republicans having to deal with this liberal dude? No need to imagine, the nuns (Nuns on the Bus) have tried to talk to Congressman Ryan about his un-Christian policies with little luck. Jesus would find contemporary America un-Christlike. Rather funny given the 'rights' pretend religiosity.
"Egalitarian liberals believe not only that individuals have fundamental rights to important freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of movement, and so on, but also that they are owed material assistance, as a matter of justice on the basis of need, or on the basis of being worse off than others. In other words, they believe that the welfare state, which is funded through coercive taxation, is just.... As an egalitarian liberal, [Jesus would]...reject both communitarians emphasis on the value of a communal ethos qua communal ethos, and libertarians rejection of the welfare state. Pace communitarians, it is good that we should be able and willing critically to reflect on communal values (which does not mean, necessarily, rejecting them, but rather, and at the very least, question them); pace libertarians, if individuals are the fundamental locus of concern and respect, then they are owed assistance they are owed, for example, not to be left to starve to death (at the very least)." Cecile Fabre
You were indoctrinated to believe that Jesus wanted gov't to take money from citizens against their will and give to a group of people that bureacrats deem to be poor? (even though today's poor would be rich by the standard of Jesus's time)
You being indoctrinated to believe that really makes it clear why you have your current political views. Well not really your political views, all I've ever seen you do is post other people's talking points they've thought of, nothing original.