No, I think the people with their hands out for more of my income are the selfish ones.

Taxation is theft. It's taking from those who have income to give to those who do not or who want programs with costs that exceed their ability to pay.

The person working for a living has no choice but to allow the theft, even though in most cases, because they work for a living, they don't qualify for the programs they're funding. The cost of resisting taxation is the loss of everything you've worked for. But don't confuse our non-violent response to your coercion as a sign that we think taxation is not theft. You're holding me up and harming me every bit as much as if you had me at gun point in the park. Just because you do it through government doesn't make you any less of a thief.

Stealing from the income of your fellow citizen to fund your priorities is profoundly selfish, but in any other context, it would also be considered criminal.