mw13: In case my above two posts aren’t clear, I will try to spell it out.
You asked, “How am I taking money that belongs to somebody else if it’s my own money I’m keeping?”
The answer is it is not your own money that you are keeping. Taxes are the price you must pay to live in this country and have the opportunity to work and earn a living. In essense, the tax man is a partner in every dollar you earn. So when you hold back money from the tax man, you are holding back money that is NOT just yours, but is both yours and ‘his’.