Very nice comment! Tax should be the blood of the economy if used for good things... but, there is always that but... If the government is corrupted then tax money will be used to make government officials and their close friends richer, which is good for them, but not for 90% of the country!
So we live in a world where some countries are doing a great job with the tax money, and then people are fine with taxes... and we have many other countries where the situation is "not so bright", sort of speaking... and people know they will not get anything with higher taxes!