BL: Call it Rabbonim or the Government (which in the time of the Gemorah the Rabbonim WERE the local government), it doesn’t make a difference.
PBA: Another significant difference is that in halacha, it was the rabbonim who decided when to grab money from the rich folks. In America, it is the poor people themselves deciding to take money from the rich folks.
Halivai we’d have Robinhood. It’s stealing from the rich and keeping it for myself that I have a problem with.
Good point.