Fred, you have acknowledged that the service is needed. You are using the service - the protection that every member of society needs is provided to you. It has to be paid for and taxation is the correct way to do it. The only false statement is your strange idea that you can enjoy the protection and opt out of paying for it.
Taxation is one way to provide for services, saying it is correct is an is-ought fallacy. If you believe that unprovoked aggressive force is illegitimate, then taxation is theft. I don't enjoy the "protection" society provides me, because it is forced upon me at the point of a gun. I very much find that to be very much
unenjoyable. By using force, you provide few other choices. How unfortunate.