All taxes have components that ARE unjust, to somebody's way of thinking. But that's just the way it works, we don't have an ala carte system where you can pick and choose which slices of the general tax bite you feel are just ( and therefore payable by you). PERs gets a bad rap because some( not all ) Tier 1 recipients get an outrageous windfall. That isn’t fair and it isn’t fair that all PERs recipients get lumped in with those so extremely fortunate(full disclosure: wife is Tier 3). I think it's unfair I'm forced( on threat of large fines and jail) to pay federal taxes that, in part, go to support a gigantic war machine masquarading as a "defensive" force. Then there's corporate welfare... Tough nuts for me, gotta pay anyway. Sure I could refuse, but what would be the point, the jails are already full enough, just more tax money down the rathole there… Without critical mass, any “revolt” goes nowhere. Who wants to play "hero" and lead the way to storm the castle....?