Why would random individual people put in work, a scientist's life, into "getting people to pay new taxes without blowback"? Why would someone do that... just f

Why would random individual people put in work, a scientist's life, into "getting people to pay new taxes without blowback"? Why would someone do that... just for fun? And if there is a wealthy elite conspiracy behind it - why are they so bad at collusion? Taxes have only gone down over time.