Not bitter. Just responsible for things that are my responsibility. I am resentful of having nearly 50% of everything I earn stolen in taxes. Only a very small part of that covers benefits that I share in common with other taxpayers...police, fire, roads, courts, jails and a military to protect the borders. The rest is disbursed as social spending. Most of that social spending is redistribution of wealth to those who have not earned it. The abolition of slavery in 1865 has been incrementally replaced with a new slave master...the government. Pay the taxes demanded, or face fines and imprisonment.