I beg to differ. The Fed. Gov’t has neither the authority nor the Right to give ANY Citizen the fruits labor of another. And, IMHO, neither should States.
For those ‘emergencies’ differ between all Citizens. It is up to neither the Fed nor the State to pick winners/losers. Farmer floods/drought? tornado/hurricane? Medical?. In each of these examples, what does the mechanic 3 Counties over care (aside from the price increase to cover loses, for example)? Why should his pocket take a hit?
Now, for the rest, one has and always will be Free to give whatever they wish to another. The corps/etc., as you postulate, are left to the generosity of those that wish to give/donate/etc. That is FREEDOM, that is Free Will. You lose both, and more, putting a gun to someones head to pick their pocket.
Again, nothing of what you’ve laid out needs the FORCE of gov’t to make happen. We can see just what it has given us as of today.
No, it doesn’t need force for you to decide to help another. The Red Cross, the Salvation army seem to do good without the federal tax power.
Further, the Constitution mentions a salary to be paid to the President. That would mean the Constitution does mention a power to take from some citizens in taxes to give to others.
Aside from the my conviction that the federal government can purchase services, goods, or labor using funds gained through taxes, and what seems to be your assertion that they can not, I think we mostly agree.