I've personally never cared too much. It's what it costs to have society. I agree with others where I don't like half of it going to the military, but other than that I view it as a good thing. I'm doing okay, I can afford to help others get by a bit. I also get benefits, I get our local transit, we get roads, I like fire departments, parks, walkways, it's just paying my share so I get to enjoy those things. And if for some reason I wasn't doing okay, I would feel okay using those safety nets too

Yes. As taxes are put on the price of my labour which I sell to the owing class, I do not just loose out on the surplus value, which the owning class extracts from the value I created with my labour, but also on part of the value which the capitalist uses to buy my labour. Taxes should be abolished and the surplus value should be used to improve society. This is only possible if the owning class is abolished and socialism is construced of course.

Not historically, no. Were my taxes always used properly? Probably not, but I believed in the overall system generically.

But since Trump's second term I've cut back significantly on Federal taxes I pay (I still pay State). I've converted some FTE-related income to 1099 and ceased paying quarterly and I've claimed 10+ allowances on W4 income to reduce taxes withheld.

I'm on a payment plan of $250/mo with the IRS and they most recently told me to just keep paying monthly as best I can.

Thing is, I owe far, far, far more than 100x that. So I guess they'll just never get all their money. I don't care.