I also don't hate taxes. And I agree with all of your points. But I also hate when taxes are raised inefficiently. Don't make me pay taxes by sending me a fee

I also don't hate taxes. And I agree with all of your points. But I also hate when taxes are raised inefficiently. Don't make me pay taxes by sending me a fee in the mail and requiring me to send a check to some government office (sure, this is not a "tax" it is a "fee", whatever, get with the times). Use taxes to price in externalities. Use VAT instead of sales tax, if at all; use personal income tax in lieu of regressive sales taxes. Use land value tax rather than property tax. Redesign "well-intentioned" tax schemes which subsidize the rich like Prop. 13. Make inflation tax deductible on capital gains but also create higher capital gains brackets. Stop making people guess how much our taxes are and just tell us (specifically, the IRS already knows how much we owe so just charge us that!). Close tax avoidance loopholes. I also hate when my taxes are spent inefficiently. Stop with the pork barrel spending. Stop spending so much to subsidize the price of oil. Spend on transportation and renewable energy. Redirect military spending which theoretically could develop technology that could be useful for civilians, and instead fund the civilian-applicable technology directly. Fix the corrupt and broken government contracting system. Redesign welfare (for example, SSI) so that it's always in the recipient's benefit to work if they can. We need to make our system more efficient. We in the US often pay effective tax rates on par with countries that seem to get so much more bang for their buck when it comes how those taxes are spent. I don't mind taxes in theory at all but I want to feel like I'm getting my money's worth