"make me pay taxes, but make everyone else pay theirs" If you want to pay, as you stated, no one needs to force you. That was the point of my original statemen

"make me pay taxes, but make everyone else pay theirs" If you want to pay, as you stated, no one needs to force you. That was the point of my original statement. It sounds like you approve, in general, of the tax structure and the manner in which money is spent - which is totally fine. But no one needs to make you do anything that you already claim to want to do. To be clear, it sounds like you want what the taxes pay for and that's entirely different than wanting to pay. Paying is just a reality that we have to with. When I go to a restaurant, I want the food. I don't want to pay, it's just a requirement of obtaining what I desire. If for some reason the restaurant told me my meal was free, I would never be like "oh, no no. I want to pay you for this meal". If you really want to pay taxes and feel the tax rate for your bracket is too low, you are more than welcome to make a donation to the treasury at any time: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454 https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454 You can also skip claiming deductions on your tax return to increase your liability and reduce/eliminate your refund (assuming you get one). This also eliminates the stress related to the end of year donations you mentioned.