^I think earning money and paying taxes is basically the foundation of governments return to citizens. I mean if there is zero tax income of governments, how could they help people and build stuff like roads and schools and hospitals etc etc. Now don't get me wrong I do believe that most of the taxes you pay usually goes in the pockets of crooked politicians as well, but that is not the topic here, paying taxes as an idea is the topic.

So, if you win a lot of money in Belgium (doesn't matter where it is from) when you pay %33 of it to government, you are not giving it to government wallet, you are giving it back to the community that you live in. This is why you pay taxes, and government is just the place that takes your taxes and makes everyone else better. Obviously almost all governments fail, but that is the idea of it.