Do Not Tax the Poor
When community leaders shifted the tax burden onto meat, Rav Chaim ruled that the poor and Torah scholars must receive a share.
In Izmir, the wealthy found a way to pay less. Rather than contribute according to their means, they raised the levy on meat, the gabelle, so that the cost fell on the poor. Rav Chaim spoke out against it. Hashem, he said, does not choose such a path, and in place of tzedakah it produces an outcry. He found no greater theft and plunder than taking from the poor in this way. He therefore ruled that part of the income from the meat tax must be set aside for the poor and for those who labor in Torah. Rav Chaim used the authority of his office so that no hardship would be placed on the shoulders of those least able to carry it.
Source: His ruling on the meat tax (gabelle) of Izmir; printed source to be traced
Look at one arrangement you take part in, such as a shared expense, a family task, a workplace rule or a community fundraiser, and ask honestly who carries the heaviest share. If it falls on the person least able to bear it, speak up this week, politely and with a concrete suggestion. When you give tzedakah, give according to your means and let it lighten someone else's burden rather than your own.