Society only works if some people pay higher tax than the value they get back, and some people pay less. If you're lucky enough to find yourself in a situation where you're having to pay more than average in tax, stop thinking solely about yourself and by glad that you're helping out people who pay significantly less than you in tax while living in poverty.
There are plenty of issues with tax systems in most (all?) countries, but the fact that some people pay in more than they get back from it isn't one of them.
Your argument of not wanting to be taxed for other people's education... just doesn't work. What if you had an education and then died, or never worked a day in your life, who pays for that? The only way that you got an education is because your parents and their generation were paying for it, and if your generation aren't paying for the education of those younger than you, no-one will get educated.
"The market works in every sector where we've tried it." I'm not sure anyone who has experienced the health service in many European countries, even here in the UK where the NHS has many big problems, would consider the market solution in America to be better than a free health service covered by taxes. And where do you stop? Should police only investigate crimes for a fee, and leave anyone who can't afford the prices on their own?
> Your argument of not wanting to be taxed for other people's education... just doesn't work.
I'm with you on that, and on the general moral obligation to pay taxes even if you are in the minority that (supposedly) gets less than they put in with their taxes.
However:
In the US, the taxes you pay essentially go to government official's cronies in the banking and military industries and to corrupt unions. Really. The US now borrows some 20-50% of what it spends (depending on who you ask and how you count spending on things like medicare, social security, etc)
In the US, you're not actually getting any health services (unless you're already dirt poor); good education is private in all age groups.
The moral argument is much, much weaker in the US.
And on the angle that I do agree with you -- I think most people who pay 35% taxes are actually paying much LESS than what they get for -- hiring your own guards is bound to be more expensive. That's the main service your taxes get you -- not getting robbed/killed every other day.
There are plenty of issues with tax systems in most (all?) countries, but the fact that some people pay in more than they get back from it isn't one of them.
Your argument of not wanting to be taxed for other people's education... just doesn't work. What if you had an education and then died, or never worked a day in your life, who pays for that? The only way that you got an education is because your parents and their generation were paying for it, and if your generation aren't paying for the education of those younger than you, no-one will get educated.
"The market works in every sector where we've tried it." I'm not sure anyone who has experienced the health service in many European countries, even here in the UK where the NHS has many big problems, would consider the market solution in America to be better than a free health service covered by taxes. And where do you stop? Should police only investigate crimes for a fee, and leave anyone who can't afford the prices on their own?