Taxes are not always stealing depending on their allocation, the problem is today's taxes are just theft. A good example, if a collective amount of people willingly pool their resources together to build a road, or a hospital, or something along those lines, with a benefit for the community later on, that is money well spent. However, in the US's case, all taxes federally go to service the debt, and extra taxes are used at the local levels to make ends meet, turning our tax code into a monstrosity