Yes, yes, you and the guy above are Americans, I get that. Me, I'm from Europe. I guess we see things differently.
Of course, none of us here has a country that would demand such ridiculous things as income taxes from expats, so I see where that may come from.
Maybe you had a different window you wanted, or maybe you did not want to replace it at all.
"Paying for services" implies some kind of voluntary exchange. Government is not voluntary, government is violence, and any "service" provided by government is done so at gun point under the threat of violence and paid for in the same manner.