I don't really share your ideology that government = bad and private sector = good. I don't necessary think that the government is perfect (far from it in fact), but I have even less faith in private sector, especially for big companies.

If the governement reduce the tax, I predict that lots of employers will reduce considerably the annual raise and the salary of the employees for the years to come. They will figure that you can make a living with the net amount of money you received before the reduction of tax, so they will give you the same buying power after the reduction of tax by increasing their marge of profit. In the end, you will find yourself with the same amount of money in your pocket, it will be your employer that will profit from the tax reduction.

I'm sure that this is what it's going to happen because we had a similar situation here in Canada with the introduction of the GST. This new tax was supposed to replace an old tax that the suppliers of goods were paying. When trying to convince us that the new tax was a good tax, the government assured us that we won't see much change in the price we paid because the price before tax would surely reduce (as the supplier would have less tax to pay). Guess what? The prices stayed the same and we found ourself with a hidden price increase that went directly in the pocket of the suppliers.

So, do you prefer giving the money to the governement so that you benefit from it by having more services or do you prefer to enrich your employer and have nothing more in return?

>What about the government robbing me of the money I have worked to save all my life so that I can affors to retire sone day? That is good for society (at least the part that has not worked hard and has not saved for their old age), but not so good for me. I consider that to be immoral.