The ChinComs are not stealing 55% of my income. Govt employees in my country are doing the stealing.
If what you guys do is so important and valuable - why do you need to steal the money via involuntary taxes ?
55%? You need a better tax service - unless you're living in Sweden or something. The actual tax rate's a lot lower than that and you know it.
Of that 55% of your income 53% of it goes to entitlements, the remaining 47% goes to defense and other Constitutional (likely, maybe?) requirements.