[tossandthrow]

It is easy to excuse paying taxes.

The issue that that taxes fundamentally bind two moralities: and individual and social one.

Societies generally thrive better when there is a certain level of equality. Not a hundred percent, but enough for social mobility and for people to be aspirational.

No or low taxes remove that opportunity. It bears people from taking an education and forces them in poverty.

[ralph84]

Progressive taxation on income is specifically designed to prevent upward mobility from working.

[Refreeze5224]

This is totally true, if you ignore the entire history of taxation in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.

[tossandthrow]

Taxes are a part of a broader redistributive system.

Mobility is given by ensuring that all have equal opportunity. Opportunity to learn, opportunity to start a business. Etc.