What if you just refuse to pay because you hate what the government does with the money? It essentially means being thrown in jail for being stubborn. I know t

What if you just refuse to pay because you hate what the government does with the money? It essentially means being thrown in jail for being stubborn. I know this is HN, but do we really need to reinvent the concepts of punishment and deterrence from first principles? And I shouldn't even have to say it but of course the example instance at the root here is far beyond excessive.