A long time ago, the norm was that the church takes 10% and they did the social services (hospitals, etc.), and the king took 10% and paid for himself, his soldiers/knights, etc. Start increasing it above that, and people with pitchforks and torches might appear before your doors.
Today, the average American is paying ~42-43% tax, when you add it all up at city, county, state and federal. People do not even realize how high the tax burden is because a lot of it is hidden (that’s a newer trick by our transparent government) or they have just become accustomed to it. What makes this possible more than anything else though is the nanny state function of government. Most people are getting something from the government, and everyone essentially is paying for some service their neighbor is getting in some government transfer payment scheme. People are OK with big government and taxes when they believe they get something, even so-called conservatives, example: Covid spending bills.
The answer is We the People MUST return and enforce the Constitution of the United States.
THAT would mean the unconstitutional 80%+ portion of the federal government would be dismantled.
THAT would mean the IRS would become a storefront, taxes would be minimal and negligible, and once again freedom and the free market would rule our land.