1. I do not in anyway, support any government system in the world today, as far I can see we're in the shit.
2. I do not in anyway believe the current state of democracy to be 'good'.
3. I do not in anyway believe the taxation system in any country (that I know of) to be fair or effective.
4. I do not in anyway believe that the money from taxes collected today are spent 'well'
No argument here.
5. The only point I am trying to make, is that tax itself is not the problem, the governments are.
And contrary to what you say, I only partially disagree. The governments are indeed the problem. Of course, tax is how governments are funded, so it's best to strike the root rather than hack at the branches.
Now I know your going to disagree with number 5, but rather than focusing in on that, read everything else I have said. I agree with a lot of what yourself and Richy are saying.
However, the part about greed I was talking about comes down to a theoretical world where the taxes are being used for good, your life would be totally different, think of the money given to bankers, the military industrial complex etc. Even a fraction of that money could provide a huge array of public services. In an example like this, I can only see the possible answer for not being in favour of it as greed.
Why would tax be a bad thing when it can so easily be used for the benefit of society? Again all theoretical as the world we live in today is far from what I describe above.
Because it is armed robbery, given a thin whitewash. Even if you only use the funds for "good", the ends do not justify the means.
It would be great if everyone was charitable enough for there to be no need for taxes, but that just simply isn't going to happen. We cant even feed the world through charity, never mind providing infrastructure, health care or what ever else the people need.
Thankfully, charity is not the only option. Infrastructure, health care, etc can be produced for profit, as well.