It has to be some, right? All that concrete for our bridges and highways is pretty expensive, and then you've got the military. Public education? In your opinion what's an acceptable amount? Which programs are you okay with contributing to?
I'm ok with payimg taxes to fund the item you mention, except:
(a) Duplication, triplication, etc. etc. of agencies at all levels of government looking for tax dollars for the same thing. I pay school taxes on my property to fund the local school district. Why am I paying state and federal taxes for "education?" And the worst part of it is the kids in my neighborhood can recite every social justice talking point, but they can't read, write or do math. Where is my money for education going?
(b) The demand for increased taxes or new taxes to fund something for which we have already paid a short time ago. For example, didn't taxpayers pay for "shovel-ready" jobs in the Obama administration? Now we hear that the roads are still in bad shape and more money is needed. Where did all that money spent during Obie's reign go? I can tell you that on my side of PA, it wasn't spent on infrastructure. Roads and bridges here are still a mess. Or the two spending spree bills signed by Trump back to back allegedly for the military. What happened to the money spent under the first bill?
And the above brings me to
(c) A lack of public accountability. I don't like that my elected officials vote on tax increases or new taxes without any investigation or accounting to show there is a need. Maybe congress and our state and local officials are being informed of facts and figures, but we the people are not. Am I supposed to take the word of government bureaucrats that more or new taxes are needed? No! There should be a law or rule that before more money is spent, the books should be open to the public and the public should be able to tell its elected officials whether to implement new taxes or raise existing ones.