1. Unless you’ve been cheating on withholding, you get a refund.
2. Without taxes, America would be unable to finance its gigantic military, without which Islamic State and friends (and before then the Communists,and before them the Nazis) would have conquered the world. Ignoring any other benefits that help our community (e.g. entitlements such as WIC, Social Security, Medicaid, etc.), we are getting our money’s worth.