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The tax rate is never the issue. If the gov can push through a responsible plan for spending our consolidated resources so it costs less than we'd need to pay separately, then it's a win. Fuckwit conservatives talk a about reducing taxes and conveniently omit how they'll reduce costs to match. Hint: Here, it's always food inspectors and anti-corruption.
Maybe not where you live, but here (Sweden) where the average worker pays ~60% tax on their earned income the perspective is a bit different :)
Right now certainly isn't a time to be cutting taxes, but when the gov:t ends up... checks notes... spending 74mSEK on modern art for a rail link that had already overran its budget by 30% - it gets a bit jarring. Meanwhile hospitals across the country are in full cost cutting mode due to the ongoing recession and inflation.