Yeah, my level-headedness always tells me that all that I'm getting (healthcare, pension, education, safety) is just not affordable if I had to pay for it myself, so I'm from a 'pragmatic' perspective pretty much okay with tax. Indeed, as a freelancer I also realized how much tax I pay and that was less noticable when I still was an employee, but I decided I'm still not complaining. Almost every time I visit a different country then mine I'm in awe of how well arranged and good things are over here :-/ I'm perfectly fine with people following ideologies that say tax is stealing, I get the feeling, but sometimes theft makes for a pretty good life hehe :D