Is taxation theft?

"the market distribution of wealth patently does not reward in proportion to how hard-working people are, or how much of a contribution they make to society."

I've always wondered why we collectively defend this unproductive distribution.

The best example to me are jobs where few serve many thousands of people making it so that charging 2 or 3 cents extra would add up to a relative enormous salary. But in stead people are paid minimum wage while almost no one thinks it is idiotic.

Would you ask the consumer for a raise so that the pack of cookies would cost 1.02 in stead of 99 cents I think few wold protest. I would have a hard time taking those who do seriously and their % would would have us completely ignore them in the decision making.

No, it's not theft, by definition.