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I'm not sure. Historically, Indian governments have been most undeserving of our taxes simply because they've misspent it and/or misdirected it to achieve their own means (corruption, buying votes etc). Saying "yes but this government is different" also doesn't hold water when you look at the massive farm loan waivers that were just granted, and more waivers are on their way. How do you think the waivers were funded?…
> Indian governments have been most undeserving of our taxes simply because they've misspent it and/or misdirected it to achieve their own means Can be said of 99% governments in the world.
Look at it this way. I have $100. I can either spend all of that $100 on stuff that makes me happy, or I can give half of it to the government which will spend most of it on stuff like schools that my kids won't go to, roads I won't drive on, charity (welfare) for people I don't even know. They're wasting all of my money on stuff that doesn't directly make me happy!
No matter how well a government is run, there will always be people who complain about it, and not without cause.
Of course the alternative (extreme libertarianism) ends up being worse in pretty much every way, but in that case it is the world that is shitty, not some big government.