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It's really very simple. You live in the U.S.A, it has local, state and federal governments, you enjoy the benefit those various levels of government provide, and by accepting the benefits (which you do by living and working here) you have consented to our laws, including our tax laws. They're not optional. Society doesn't work that way. Don't like it? Delta is ready when you are - one way trips all over the world!
It is really, really sad that you learned with your first job that you have to PAY for the public roads you used to get to your first job, probably after you left your public school, and the way those are paid for is with non-optional taxes! What's a mystery to me is why someone who is old enough to work is surprised to learn that public services aren't free and they're not funded with the equivalent of a collection plate where we put in as much or as little as we want.
It's also very, very sad that the government doesn't give us this checklist and we can pick which laws we like and will follow and which we don't like and can ignore, like SS. I'm kind of bummed my taxes go to our ME adventures - $trillions. Seems like a waste, but I learned as a kid a couple of things - 1) you can't always get what you want, and 2) it's not all about me.
Society is government now? Interesting. So how is society government? If I'm part of society and government is society then wouldn't that logic mean that I'm part of government? When did this happen? I don't recall ever getting hired by the government to do anything. If I am in fact part of government then I should be getting paid. According to your logic I should probably consider taking the government to court for not paying me. Wow, I wonder how much they owe me.
I would love to know how living here is consent to anything, which of course you haven't said other than to say that it is. I would also love to know how getting services that I don't want means that I consented to pay for those services, which of course you haven't told me either. I would lastly like to know why the government deserves a cut of my earnings when they were clearly not part of the employment agreement.