Taxing Away Any Kindness

They call them value added taxes. In New Zealand it is called Government service tax and it is on everything. I call them the unkindest taxes of all, Any tax that punishes you for being kind to your neighbor, Gives the tax man their cut if you pay for a homeless person's lunch, Or takes a percentage of a a child's pocket money Giving a reason to wonder, why they are not saving like they used to, Finds me hard pressed to say anything positive in their favor. Worst of all if anyone gets behind with a bill and must pay a penalty, They want their share of that, As for taking care of your assets, These taxes make that task even harder. Of course there is a way to avoid them, If you don't mind begging, Or living off a friend or relative. The problem for government is compounded, When they find the people who paid the value added tax need it back, But administration costs have already taken some out. When prices go up the value added tax brings in more, Which means they have a choice between lower prices and less tax, Or higher prices and more tax. They said it would lead to everyone paying their fair share of tax, So how come they are now looking at a capital gains tax as well, See if you can make sense of it, Because I refuse to let them start taxing my brain.