Modern society is comparable to an all you can eat buffet. You being born in a first world country is comparable to you gaining access to this buffet because someone lends you the entrance fee. If you refuse to pay taxes, it means that you don't want to pay this entrance fee back. But I am not even eating right now . Doesn't matter, you can if you want to. I don't think you are going to refuse emergency services, firemen, or FEMA aid if you are about to need their services. Government is acting as an agent of society to make you pay back what was given to you. You have to acknowledge this debt. Agreement to anything doesn't play a role. You didn't agree to getting born, nor to dying later on either. Or getting sick, or in an accident. Your parents decided to sign you up for this buffet. They could have emigrated to Somalia or any other failed state, and you would now enjoy a tax free life. Or, to stay within the example, to not opt for the buffet. Instead, they chose to pay the entrance fee with a loan in your name. Remember, it's your debt. It's incurred for the potential options, not for the actual eating. You are already in the room, any action whatsoever won't change that. You can refuse to contribute, simply by not earning anything. This doesn't change that you have a debt which you still are responsible for paying. If you don't, you are dodging your debt and your responsibility. If you make a million and pay 330,000 of taxes, it's not that someone took your hard earned money away. Compare with a no tax situation in a failed state, where you live in a hut in the wilderness. Without all the support you have now and take for granted, you would be able to make maybe 10 day as the smartest guy, when all others around make 1 day. Not unrealistic for failed states where you don't have to pay taxes. Remember, clay huts with a well. You were able to make an additional 999,700 only because you are in the US and not in Somalia. Society is your dormant partner in this business venture and supplied the infrastructure, for this they demand 1 for every 3 you make. Sounds fair, and you need to recognize this partnership. It's an investment in you from your dormant partner, society, which made all you can achieve possible. Taxes are the payout to your dormant partner, and government acts as a proxy to collect this debt. The debt originates from society. It builds with the generations. This is way it's justified to tax, and why I feel good doing so. This enables our successors to do the same. EDIT A special welcome to all the brigadeers from r shitstatistssay omments 31srt9 society is the silent partner that makes . Aren't you tired of the same old arguments? I swear, I heard the thing with the bum and the windshield now the third time. Didn't get any more relevant. Same for all your other BS.
You owe taxes starting from your first moment of existence; they are a debt you are morally obliged to pay.