Paying taxes for a working government is simply not the social contract we made in the United States. You may be thinking of other forms of government. The US C

Paying taxes for a working government is simply not the social contract we made in the United States. You may be thinking of other forms of government. The US Constitution says that you, as one of the people, are the ultimate authority of the government. In a representative democracy, this means not only electing representatives but advising them and holding them to account. The transactional nature you are suggesting simply doesn’t exist. Good governance is not an entitlement program, it’s part of your duty as a citizen.