I've already addressed this misdirection, but let's try it another way. Prove to me that YOU "rightly earn[ed]" the money. The fact that a number is printed on a pay stub doesn't mean YOU earned all of it. Some portion of it is certainly due to your hard work and abilities, but some is simply due to circumstance. You're lucky enough to work in a country that presents amazing opportunities thanks to centuries of building some of the world's best physical, financial, and educational infrastructure. If we put you in Guatemala, with the same work ethic, you'll "earn" a tiny fraction of that number on your pay stub.
Or to offer another example, let's say you're Justin Timberlake. You just held a concert in a stadium with 80,000 people, at an average cost of $50 per ticket. Does that mean YOU just "earned" $4 million? Hardly. You have to pay for the people and facilities that enabled you to perform. If you are "annoyed" that you have to pay those costs, you are being greedy. YOU (Timberlake) wouldn't be nearly so successful without them.
It is the same with taxes. They are a cost of being in a position to be successful. Rather than constantly whining that your glass is half empty, the healthy attitude is to cheer that your 64 oz drink is half full. For most people, that's so much better than the guy in Guatemala whose shot glass is completely full.
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