The average American now works from January 1 until May 6 just to pay federal, state, and local taxes. That’s four full months of your life stolen before you earn a single dollar for yourself or your family. This isn’t “contributing to society.” This is theft with extra steps and better branding. Your income tax doesn’t fund roads or defense — those are a rounding error. It funds interest on debt to the Fed (private cartel), foreign wars 98% of you oppose, corporate welfare for companies that already dodge taxes, and a bureaucracy that writes 80,000+ pages of new regulations every single year.