You know, when I lived in the other place, the one that some people decry as socialism or whatever, I could confirm my pay as you go taxes for the year in a few clicks on a free website. Anyway, many hours with TurboTax later, I’ve filed my 2025 return. Please clap.

I have never encountered more bizarre bureaucracy and egregious form filling than in these United States.

I like paying taxes. Taxes are good. I would gladly pay more of them in exchange for functional services, universal healthcare, and nice things that people in other countries typically enjoy. But I do not enjoy bureaucracy or Intuit.
I also do not enjoy war of any kind, less so those fought by madmen, and it would appear I have helped to fund one.
@ben The US is very (very) big on punishing everyone in advance to try (ineffectively) to prevent cheating, and also on inserting rent-seeking into the process wherever possible.