Taxation is not theft or an act of thieving. Taxation is our share that we must give back to society that transforms into government welfare services and others.
Your statement might have been true a few decades back. But now, most of the tax revenue is being spent on the defense budget, and for giving salaries to the governmental staff.
I'm not against defense spending. The security of the country is an important task for the government and society, but I am opposed to my taxes paying high salaries to officials and for the maintenance of their apparatus.