We become as children, incapable of living our own lives, able only to follow orders. Actually that analogy gives too much credit to taxation, for children grow into responsible adults, whereas taxation reduces adults to dependency. Taxpayers are obedient or beaten, always begging for another scrap. Only taxpayers create the wealth that the government confiscates and then doles back out. If being human means anything, it means using one's mind to make decisions.
Taxes rob the individual of choice.
Taxation Strains Morality Taxes encourage people to blur the distinctions between business expenses and personal expenses. Taxes also turn most people into plunderers. When the government takes around half of everyone's wealth, it's difficult to avoid taking government assistance all the time. Taxation is pervasive, mutual plunder. It turns self-reliance into mutual dependence.