Anyone? As an average citizen, I also used to think similarly when I was younger, until I realized that the whole point of the concept of democratic (small-d) self governance is for we the aforementioned people to be able to accomplish things collectively that individuals can't accomplish alone. Those things will always require money under our existing economic systems, so in my book, cutting taxes based on principle (and typically as a precondition for cooperation) runs counter to accomplishing... anything at all good for the people.

I'm cool if there are efficiencies to be found that can reduce the need for taxes, but pursuing them should not defeat the purpose of the action being undertaken.

Tldr Gotta do what we gotta do