SCUD, you're missing the point. As much as we all hate it, no-one is saying that we should not fulfil our obligations to pay taxes, indeed as you rightly point out, we are in effect paying for our own salaries.
The point is that whenever a new law is introduced, a new scheme implemented or a crackdown on some criminal or anti-social elements in society announced, bu**er me if it isn't you average hard working man in the street that just wants to get on with life that gets reamed a new ar*ehole, purely and simply because we are an easier target that those who already operate outside the system and cause most of the problems.
What about all those people that are wealthy enough to hire hot-shot accountants to reduce their tax bills to almost nothing? Why not go after them first? As for PMA saying it is our fault but your problem, see how quickly they wipe those smug grins off their inept faces when we redress them or better still charge them for dereliction of duty. You can almost guarantee that they've got all their own affairs squared away.
Having pulled the pin and thrown the grenade, I'm now retiring to a safe distance!