You are confusing practice, or customary, with technical (constitutional law), which I would include political philosphy and the unalienable rights of man as id

You are confusing practice, or customary, with technical (constitutional law), which I would include political philosphy and the unalienable rights of man as identified by Rosseu. If I cannot choose to not pay taxes, then I have been denied the right to choose, then it is a forced subjugation of my free will. Correct would be to give my taxes voluntarily, according to my disposition and agreement with the government. If you are profoundly 'contra' what the government is doing, then how can you be forced to help with activities that you believe to be deeply detrimental to the well-being of yourself, others, and all life on earth and beyond? Tolstoy argues this point very well in his book "The Kingdom of God is Within You." He essentially says that if we pay taxes to a government that kills innocents or tortures Arabs their blood is on our (the taxpayers') hands. If the government is doing something that I find to be deplorable then I have the moral obligation to find a way to avoid contributing to such array of horrors.