This ignores a few things. First, I pay taxes, and my perspective is that the wealth created by my labour ought to benifit me. Just because some of that wealth

This ignores a few things. First, I pay taxes, and my perspective is that the wealth created by my labour ought to benifit me. Just because some of that wealth is given to the government to be directed more efficiently, does not mean that it magically becomes an abstract pool of other people's money. Second, we are in a democracy... In order for the outcome I want to come about the majority of people need to be in support of it...