6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
I'm not saying a government shouldn't charge tax. Taxation is consistent with the Biblical ethics of private property; freedom of choice; and reward for labour (Government officers being rewarded for the labour of their service to the people).
However we have a situation today where many Christians seem to think they are upholding Christlike values by voting for a political party whose ideology of taxation goes beyond those ethics to the point where they claim that it's the people, the poor, and the State who actually own rights to a DISPROPORTIONATE amount of the money in your pocket just because of your wealth.
That's not what Paul taught.
Being able to properly distinguishing Christian duty and generosity from the unsustainable ideology of socialism/communism should help believers to elect a Christlike representative at the polls.
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