Taxes take money out of the private sector and thus reduce the pool of capital for private sector job creation. Our taxes go to fund bankers and wars. That's why we're in such bad shape. If they went to build roads and bridges no one would care so much.
He's paying almost as much for his end of the health insurance as the total tax take. What's he whine about? Taxes. Who's providing more bang for the buck, the health insurance company or the relevant federal, state and local governments? Does he have kids in school?
Does this guy even look at his own numbers?
This is a nice bit of sleight of hand but in reality our taxes that go to the gov't go back into the private sector, and according to our national debt do so at a greater rate then we take it in. Bankers and the Defense industry are in the private sector. Tax money doesn't just disappear from our economy. Heck even Mr. Bogen probably doesn't complain when he gets a contract for providing A/V systems for schools.
Besides, whether it is the private or public sector wasting money on wars it hardly makes a difference. It's the people's money and the people would rather keep it or see it used for more productive ends to benefit all and not some elite.
You could argue that you don't get much for them, but that wouldn't be true either. Most government programs are very popular, but it is strangely still popular to hate the government. The logical disconnect there should be obvious.
Most people will enthusiastically support programs that take $2 from other people and give $1 to them. If you have lots of programs like that they're clearly wasteful in aggregate, but each individual one will have vocal supporters.