Jesus' overwhelmingly consistent response to government was to not get manipulated into reacting to it, either pro or con. He was interested in justice and compassion for all, including Roman officials and the hated tax collectors who were viewed by most as in collusion with Rome. He wasn't interested in civil disobedience or insurrection. He could have allowed his supporters to proclaim him king on multiple occasions, but he assiduously resisted it because political power wasn't central to his mission.

If Jesus had wanted to incite people to withhold taxes, he had plenty of opportunity to do so. But he didn't. His approach was always to separate the sacred from the mundane, and paying taxes was in the realm of the mundane -- something that was necessary but, in the great scheme of things, not relevant to building the Kingdom of God.