Another Brick in the Wall

Ah, another day, another $1.00, well .68 cents after taxes. I often wonder why we humans work our asses off in order for the government to take a hefty chunk of change off our wages. They say it's to help fund social programs, heath care, education, help build the economy, and basically ensure than we have our asses covered in event of a crisis. My opinions on that...BULLSHIT!!!!
If the money carved off of every one's pay cheques went for such things, we shouldn't have to pay for visits to the dentist or the optometrist, ambulance rides to the hospital, or worry about how we're gonna pay off student loans for post-secondary education. Hell, we shouldn't even hafta plug the parking meter every damn time we go to park the car. But alas, we do. Again and again, we plunk down our hard earned dollars every time we need new glasses, have a cavity filled, or try and educate ourselves.
So, where are our hard earned dollars going? Certainly not into any kind of social fund or any other program that provides anything to the common man. It goes directly into the government coffers (which the public never sees again) and into the pockets of the bastards we were stupid enough to vote into power for in the first place. Healthy pensions and salary increases for cabinet ministers and mp's. New wallpaper for the pm's 70ft. drawing room and those fancy brooches the governor general wears on her satin sash. It goes to fat cat businesses and tax cuts for the rich. To hell with the little guy. He can't afford to buy the merchandise that feeds the fires of retail profit. Screw the charities trying so desperately trying to help out those who need assistance. In the world of income tax, it's all for healthy additions to government toy boxes and big business cut backs. And whatever big business wants, the government will readily supply in lieu of their votes to keep them in power and therefore, lining their wallets, milking it for all we're worth.
But what can we do? We're just the poor schmucks on the streets trying to eke out a living. We don't count. But the money snatched off our pay cheques sure does. It seems we just don't matter. We're just another brick in the wall.