Not unless you are going by a bad translation...
Most recent translation from 2008...
"for those involved in sexual immorality, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for false witnesses, and for whatever else goes against the healthy teaching"
Kidnappers are probably slave traders but not all slave traders then were kidnappers.
Funny how this applys don't you think?
Here are a number of versions; I tend to look to the King James version, but there are quite a few others that back up my point.
New International Version (©1984)
for adulterers and perverts, for
slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and immoral men and homosexuals and
kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,
International Standard Version (©2008)
for those involved in sexual immorality, for homosexuals, for
kidnappers, for liars, for false witnesses, and for whatever else goes against the healthy teaching
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Laws are intended for people involved in sexual sins, for homosexuals, for
kidnappers, for liars, for those who lie when they take an oath, and for whatever else is against accurate teachings.
King James Bible
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for
menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
American King James Version
For fornicators, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for
enslavers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
American Standard Version
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for
menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
Bible in Basic English
For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,
Douay-Rheims Bible
For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for
menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine,
Darby Bible Translation
fornicators, sodomites,
kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,
English Revised Version
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for
menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
Webster's Bible Translation
For lewd persons, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for
men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
Weymouth New Testament
fornicators, sodomites, slave-dealers, liars and false witnesses; and for whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching
World English Bible
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for
slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
Young's Literal Translation
whoremongers, sodomites,
men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,
1 Timothy 1:10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
"Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;"
Youre right, its interesting stuff, and clear that Jesus was not apolitical.
It is stealing when the money is taken by force and given to another, period.
Stealing: To take (the property of another) without right or permission
The right is given in law. Try getting a judge to condemn the government for stealing its tax take.