Seriously think about this please.
Does anyone wake up in the morning a go well its a new year I better get first 1/3rd of it out of the way paying for government at work.
Or does someone work hard and innovate only to pay a higher tax rate.
Of course they don't, no one actively gets up in the morning doing their daily slog to pay taxes.
Peoples incomes do not exist to pay for government.
Hey I actually agree with you, however I am also a realist.
Like it or not, we need government, else we would have anarchy. Like it or not we need government else we would never have dug ourselves out of the dark ages. Like it or not, we need government to keep order in the streets and people safe. Like it or not, we need government to be the binding force of society, so we have this thing called "a country". Like it or not we need that government to provide an umbrella of services that we have agreed to provide via the government. Like it or not we need government.
I would love to have no government, but then I also know that the rich and powerful would do anything and everything in their power keep the masses down.. they did it for 2000+ years so why should they not try again if it was not for government? At least with government we have in a democracy, a say in how things are run... in principle.
All this costs money and to get that money, we have chosen a system of taxation. That is life, and like it or not you DO get up in the morning to earn a living well knowing that a part of that effort will go to the tax man to fund the society that you are living in. It goes to the police, army, roads, welfare and so on.
I also agree fully, that high taxes on the rich punishes that drive " to do more", and frankly I hate it. However saying that, I understand the principle and the practice of doing so, and as long as that top tax rate is not insane like it was decades ago in some countries including the US (60+%, even 90+% in some places), then I can live with the fact that on the last Euros that I make, that I will pay a higher tax rate on them. This is because I know, that my sacrifice will provide in part, services for my fellow citizens and my self. It also means that the "weaker" in society who do not earn what I earn, can get a bit of help by a lower tax bill and maybe just maybe, be able to work their way up the never ending ladder of prosperity. It is also a very well known fact, the more you earn, the better you can pay someone to exploit the tax code, so in fact in the end you pay relatively less than someone earning far less than you.
Like it or not, our societies come with a cost for everyone.. that cost is taxes. Without taxes, our societies would be a miss match of tribal areas run by warlords, waring on each other over resources and women and probably STILL paying some sort of tax to the "ruler".