Income tax is good if you actually want your government to have money so they can do things. Assuming you trust your government to not screw up. Sorta like how the Canadian Gov't said they'd put more money into post-secondary education. What do they do instead? Don't put more money into it and cut back taxes, meaning there is now less money going into the government so they can't even put more into education.

Then again, either way you are gonna pay. :/

Biggest rip off: credit cards. A vicious and endless cycle.