Sir: At times, I ask myself why I pay taxes for things that the government never provides me and I buy them myself, thus paying double for the same thing. We use generators to generate electricity by paying the price of fuel, which keeps increasing with every passing day. Drinking water is purchased and water used for washing is pumped out through boring. The same goes for education, health, and many other facilities, which a welfare state provides through the money collected in taxes, but our poor masses are forced to suffer endlessly and pay for themselves. It is about time our countrymen think twice before paying any tax, for, in reality, our hard earned money ends up being spent on feeding the ‘parasites’ ruining the country. MUNIBA FAROOQI Karachi