In terms of taxes, the ones collected on everyone's income, property, and sales or "value-added" tax (now there's an Orwellian term) in our countries are plenty enough.
Just think of how much of people's money is gobbled up by taxes in commerce. Everything is skimmed off in large amounts for just about every transaction and the the people participating in the economy are left with little to show for it.
In my own opinion, more should be done to reduce the many tasks modern governments think they need to or should do, because in the end they tend to unnecessarily reduce the decisions and potential available to citizens. With less to spend, this would naturally happen.