Indeed, this is like living in the modern world. Everything uses money. Maybe the OP can consider staying in the jungle and become a farmer. LOL. You cannot spend your whole life chasing money for wealth, marriage is a choice you can make at any age and regarding paying taxes in my opinion is important, the state cannot guarantee the lives of its people without any assistance from public taxes. It's selfish if you demand a lot from the country but don't want to contribute taxes. Tax is important but the amount that needs to be considered so as not to burden.
You have a point on that mate but to be happy is to make your own way by doing the most precious thing is to love with your partner for the rest of your love. I understand practically on the OP's point but being in love, we have an inspiration towards as we live in this planet earth.
Having a lot of money is the most comfortable way of living but being just having a lot of money without any inspiration makes so desperate due for the various things is so easy as you can have you want and needs in life, likewise everything is no challenges and leads to very boring life and that's the most reason of those people commit a suicide as they want to challenge the death.
Indeed real happiness isn't being rich or being able to buy anything you want, real happiness and a real treasure is feeling loved by someone because that thing cannot be bought by money and i can honestly see that in real life, i've met a lot of rich people who can buy anything they want but you cannot see happiness in their eyes because once you get lots of money that is when you will realize money alone can't make you happy.
It is like a game where you reach the highest level and got everything able in the game, it becomes boring because you've fulfilled your purpose and not have anything left to do but i didn't mean don't be rich because you will get bored of life, its just do not focus acquiring lots of money because there are more essential things than money like yourself, being able to do what you wanted to do, friends and lot more.
You should not expect love from other people, you should start to feel the love from within you. You should love yourself first and accept all the things like flaws and imperfections so when people start to enter your life, you don't have anything to worry about because you know how to have self love and you have self respect so they cannot underestimate and abuse you.