The problem with taxes is that all the money effectively goes into a black hole from where senile, clueless or malicious politicians can draw to give to their friends, fall prey to unscrupulous suppliers (or be complicit and get a kickback, allowing them to "launder" public money into their own pocket) or spend it fighting stupid battles all while the country is falling apart (the UK as an example is notorious for constantly beating the "internet filtering" drum - low-income kids are starving and families can't afford heating bills, but porn on the internet is obviously a bigger problem).

I won't downvote and I agree with you in principle and wish I was lucky enough to live in a country where I can actually feel like I'm getting value out of my tax money, but as of right now that's not the case so I can totally understand tax evader's positions.