No, I was thinking more about yellow fever, dyptheria, no antibiotics, typhoid, small pox, polio, lack of sanitation, running water, electric lights, no movies, internet, phones, easy travel, mail service, no ironing, washing machine, shaving my legs, no long skirts in the summer, wearing pants, bras not corsets, abundance of fresh food and water.......
you know stuff like that.............
Oh well, I'll back you up on most of those, though I don't shave my legs or wear a bra. But I think private industry brought us most of those, not the taxes I listed.