I was stationed in Germany right after the wall came down, 90. The taxes went from 30% to 50% to help support all the east Germans. At a restaraunt, the owner said, "if I had to spend 1000 marks on anything, I would build the wall higher". The prosperus west German's had to pick up the tab for the socialist east Germans.
I see the government taking from the rich and giving to the poor, kinda like Robin Hood, but bad.