It's not THEIR money. Taxes are your share of the costs of maintaining a first world country and enjoying all of the benefits of the education, infrastructure, hospitals, libraries and opportunities it provides to you and your family. Chief among them is the protection of your property.
If you live in a condo, you have to pay condo fees for the insurance, repairs, common elements, landscaping, maintenance, concierge and cleaning staff, and visitor parking the condo corporation provides, as well as a maintenance fund for big repairs.
The residents vote on all big expenditures or changes which the Board implements. You can't just say "I'm not using the swimming pool, and I think the concierge is unnecessary, so I'm not paying for these things, because the majority of the residents DID vote for these things. You want to live in this condo, you have to pay for them too, whether you voted for them or not.
The American people have voted for leftist policies every time Republicans crash the economy and impoverish all the workers, only to give the keys to Republicans, as soon as the Democrats patch up the economy and getting running again after the crash. Because Republicans lie about the long term economic impact.
At this point, your economy has tipped into 2nd tier nation status, with 80% of the income and wealth going to the top 10%. This is not sustainable. Norway has a 50/50 split, Canada has 40% going to the top.
A strong and thriving middle class is a requirement for a success capitalist economy. Republican tax codes have destroyed the economic balance of the economy and are impoverishing everyone but those at the top.
Under the Democrats' "New Deal" economic policies, the American middle class was EXPANDING, not shrinking. You didn't have massive budget deficits, or stagnant wages with shrinking buying power.
Young adults didn't start their adult lives $50,000 in debt. And working people were getting earned income credits and food stamps to feed their families.