Liberals like to think of themselves as modern day Robin Hoods, but knowing the history of medieval England will give you pause.
The childhood explanation of Robin Hood is that he took from the rich to give to the poor, but their world was a far different place then the world we live in today. There were no property rights. The king owed everything, and the king was their government. Therefore, the “rich” of the time was government.
Kings of the time set out on foreign adventures and crusades. This required lots of money which they extracted from those who stayed home to work the land. Taxing scraps from peasants couldn’t scratch the surface of what was needed to pay off knights and legions of archers. The land owners were forced to pay taxes to the rich king, leaving less money in each community. As today, the poor where hurt by high taxes whether they paid them directly or not.
If Robin Hood did exist, or if he is a myth built upon the want of a hero for their time, he most certainly would be robbing the government in order to help those who were over-taxed.

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