It’s just like Federal Income Tax ... take it from your paycheck a few hundred at a time and things are fine. Make people write a check for the full amount once a year and there would be a revolt.
That was Ronald Reagan's argument when the pols talked about instituting withholding CA state tax - "Taxes should hurt." He was against it as Governor: "My feet are set in concrete."
A month later "The concrete is cracking."
Three years after implementation, my state income tax had doubled while my pay had gone up 10%.
No matter how conservative a politician claims to be, when it comes down to the State vs the Public, the State will win every time.