You can't invent yourself out of a system of entitlements that has long since divorced itself from reality.
You have a (comparatively) small group of people making a large portion of the income with a much larger group of people making little to no income and demanding more and more help from the earners to support their philanthropic causes.
What makes it hard to swallow is that we see loads of money being thrown at things like education and helping the homeless but we see no improvement.
I'm all for helping educate people, and lending a hand to the less fortunate, but I expect a return on my investment. When you take this much from me and my return is children who can't read turning into violent criminals and the wonderful view of a homeless man crapping in a doorway on the way to work...I want a refund.