text: why should we pay the taxes? in our system, in front of us the authorities diliberate take dishonest dessision to put wrongfull loss to system, and finally we are being forced to pay the taxes to compansate those losses by way of taxes, so why should we pay taxes. what the heck are you trying to say? why pay taxes?  because this is a government of the people, for the people.  it's our responsibility to fund our government, and we all have a stake in it.