By what construct does a portion of my output “belong” to Caesar?
Tax law.
Don’t like it?
Work to change it; Ted Cruz came right out and said abolish the IRS ...
Who’s with him?
P.s.
When did you stop paying taxes?
There are a few legitimate functions of government. A portion of your output as needed to fund those functions “belongs to Caesar”.
Those legitimate functions make up about 10% of the current version of the Federal government.