Judas and the Leftists

Yes, I do mean Judas Iscariot, the guy who betrayed the Lord. John 12:3–6 (ESV) says,

3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

As I read through this, I could not help but note how those tax-loving Leftists are like Judas. Their rhetoric is always about helping the poor, and yet they are in reality thieves who help themselves to the money in the public treasury. One helps others by means of voluntarily and cheerfully giving away what is rightfully one’s, not by forcing others (i.e., through taxation) to do it—even whether it is actually done is questionable—and profiting from the act in the mean time, as many of our politicians have done.