I'm a foreigner in the US and am thankful for the public infrastructure (even the old ones) and more than happy to pay taxes. I find a lot of Americans complain

I'm a foreigner in the US and am thankful for the public infrastructure (even the old ones) and more than happy to pay taxes. I find a lot of Americans complain about taxes (even those who are on welfare, forgetting that taxes paid by others is what helping them in the first place). I went to my local library to become a member. The old lady there asked me if I live in the area and launched a lecture (even after I showed address proof) about how she is paying her taxes and she wants to make sure her "tax dollars" are used only by those in the area etc. The whole thing was bizarre. What is interesting is that taxes in US are actually lower than many European countries. Sure, the federal gov isn't the most efficient one, but hating taxes THIS much just feels weird and wrong to me. Without taxes, civilization as we know will collapse