Perhaps I'm understanding things wrong, but isnt the idea of taxes for public good and some / all of it might never reach you?
I pay for taxes that help run schools, and it is an good setup even if I dont have any kids.
I pay for taxes that help run schools, and it is an good setup even if I dont have any kids.
I, and people like me create wealth. Some of that wealth is pooled at an administrative level that makes sense across a town, state, or nation. Its still wealth I created; and I expect it to be used to benefit me, ideally proportionally to the tax taken.
Unemployment can be justified as crime prevention; Disability and healthcare systems limit individual worst-case outcomes (especially if due to chance). Super-commuter subsidies do what?
I want a Ferrari. It would be good for me. Should taxes pay for it?