I don't know why ppl are always scared of paying taxes.
taxes are actually a great thing but only if everyone pays them and if they are spend on useful things only. Just look out your window and you will see lots of things paid with your taxes you use everyday.
Because it lessen the salary BIGTIME and most of the government official are not using it properly. But yes it is helps in otherway it's because some of them are nice people anyway. I'm a scholar so I can say it can help us in the other way but it can't be helped that in a basket of fruits some are really rotten or have a worm in it.