Ah yes, the reply from the guy who spends most of his time in /r/liberatarian and /r/television. Let me explain it to you: Taxes pay for services that aren't funded in other ways. For example, I don't wan't to pay for public roads, education, electricity, police, fire departments, or sewage treatment; but if if they aren't paid for by taxes, no-one will pay for them and they won't exist. The cost of being a citizen of this country is (marginally, as many other countries are better at it) paying small parts of other peoples' services. If you have children (Jesus Christ, NO!) I will be glad to pay for their education rather than let them be uneducated. It's for public benefit. I hope to God that you never call on public services, lest you have to pay like some "commie" for someone else's kid. Best wishes to you and yours, If you end up in bad luck, may you reap what you sow.