Taxes helps a lot , I have seen people frowning over about how they don't want to pay any taxes and as such.
Government ensures that if you earn over a certain amount then for sure you can contribute in the making of your country. It's only if you are able to.
Taxes helps in :
Paying the salary of government employees
Making of roads
Public schools
Parks run by the government
Maintenance fees
Making government hospitals
Making high schools ... The list is endless
We all use all these services at one part of the life or other therefore we can just consider it a little payment for that .
People frown how government is corrupt , it is but not entirely if it was then you woont see new projects coming up in your town or city.
It's just our responsibility to pay taxes, we shouldn't run from it because it will more or so be used for everyone out there in your country , you are indirectly helping others too through paying them , the less advantageous ones.
Also one might say government can print all the money they need , but that's not the case ..the more money a government prints the lower the value of their currency gets which genrally have adverse effects in many sectors.
some of the reasons you mentioned are familiar to all governments, but most of the taxes we spend are not comparable with those given by the government to their people, most governments take taxes from the people to government, not from the people for the welfare of society.
Of course government can't satisfy everyone needs because for different people there is different case. They are only solving issues that may affect the public and not as individual themselves. It seems that you are angry with the government you have, but I have a question for you. Given the fact that every government has its own corrupt officials, why does there are individuals that become rich and wealthy despite of not having connection with the government? I also want to point out the culture of a country may affect the way of lives, just look at Japan right now.