That sounds great in theory, but who do you think is going to volunteer to pay for roads, schools, etc.? Those are all basic services that as a society, we expect (and in my opinion, we should expect them). There is no going backwards. Just to play that scenario out, lets say government no longer pays for roads. Interstate commerce goes into decline because I'm not going to volunteer to pay for roads in other areas. Well, then food and products can't get shipped. You would essentially kill businesses and business innovation (and thus most jobs in our modern world), and send us back to a time of mass poverty and disease. Most people are not going to volunteer to go back to rural agrarian communities just so they don't have to pay taxes. On the other hand, most people would lose their jobs, so then they wouldn't have to worry about paying taxes. So no taxes, yay!
As the author of this blog wrote, the biggest concern is not paying taxes, but what happens to that money. I think we all want responsible use of our taxes.
RE: Rich people should pay more taxes. Do you agree or disagree?