People have been paying taxes probably ever since our ancestors abandoned the hunter/gatherer mode of existence. We all hate paying taxes, but they do pay for vital services that you or I individually would not want to pay for. Why should I want to pay for pothole repairs in front of your house? Why should you pay firefighter's salaries in my neighborhood? Taxes pay for our soldiers and equipment, the roads we drive on, the schools that educated us, the infrastructure that businesses use so they can employ us, forests and parks we can enjoy (or exploit), etc. There's always something you or I can't see value in that other's do (sports stadiums, art museums, geological studies, surveying, food inspectors, IRS, etc.), but all play a role.

Don't like certain tax laws? Then complain to your Congressperson. They write the laws that change the equations governing how this person gets taxes vs. that person. Why does Warren Buffett play less tax proportionally than his secretary? Is that right? Just because you are rich, does that also entitle you to play less in taxes than us grunts who keep you rich?

Mind you, I am not arguing that we need to tax the rich until they are poor, that would be stupid and counterproductive, and harmful to America. But somewhere, there should be a balance between the two absurd extremes (rich-taxed-until-poor vs. rich-pay-no-tax-at-all-because-they-are-rich). And that balance will shift around as new ways of making money/avoiding taxes are discovered.