the only reason this works is because the citizens are unorganized and unarmed.
if people gather in groups of tens of people to protect each other against the government there is no way they could throw anyone in jail.
so it means that, this is need to make people organized and well protected by the government?
Not really since making people organized and well protected is the job of the police. Tax is used for the improvement and development of thr country, the efficiency of great roads and buildings in the future.
Tax are important not because so that the government can corrupt the money but because they will have the money they can use to develop the country. The bridges, the great roads and government buildings are just some of the fruits of the tax payments of the citizens.