R.M.: Richard did an excellent job giving you an ECON 101 refresher, but from your post, it's clear more is in order.  For example, you're accusing people of "hating the idea of taxes," when it's actually the case they hate the idea of irresponsible and wasteful taxes.
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I don't know where you're getting your observation that "The nicest places to live have sky-high taxes."  Let me introduce you to a little place called "California:" where taxes, cost of living, and government regulations have absolutely NO correlation with homelessness reduction, good schools, clean streets, etc. NONE.
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You say "look, we need money" without asking what "we need money" for, or from whom, or how much.  That would indicate you're fine with more taxes without considering the businesses and residents that leave or lower production as a result.