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@LukeAlmighty

They still pay it from my money

And an even bigger cut goes to your employer, and you previously raised no issue there.
Public services need to be funded, and given how in capitalism private companies and capital have a drastic influence over the goverment, they get to choose how it's spent and on what.
Adding to that, taxation in the SU and other nations has always been minimal

it still ends up in their pocket.

Not really, expecially the last decades, goverments operate on deficit. Your money is going to pay some shareholder divedend god knows where (again)