Soupnazi630
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It is outright theft. Even if the government makes it LEGAL.It's not outright theft. Our Constitution specifically empowers the Congress to levy and collect taxes, which means it isn't illegal for them to exercise that power. Since theft is by definition an illegal act, taxing people and companies is not theft.
But whether it's morally acceptable is another story, IMHO that's really up to us to decide as citizens and voters. That's one reason why we have elections, if the incumbents are doing something that we think is immoral or wrong, then we have the ability to vote them out of office. Or in some cases, remove them from office (impeachment).
By your logic there was no murder of jews or anyone else during the holocaust because the government made it legal to kill those people.