We don't just get to unilaterally declare that 'I'll be uncomfortable paying taxes, so it can wait'... and then not bother to file or negotiate a plan, which seems to sum up OP's position. Wish him/her luck, they'll need it!
In the end, it's in the interest of the State, like any other creditor, that you don't actually die of starvation (or worse). Getting a continued stream of money, even if smaller than you expected, is better than getting no money at all.
ive known a number of people that got mildly burned by taxes, nothing crazy just unexpected, but with bigger numbers it could have been bad. When you have ISO(incentivized stock options), one of the incentives is you dont pay tax until you sell, which sounds great. There's this other way of calculating taxes, AMT(alternative minimum tax) which does not respect ISO, and you pay whichever is bigger. normally people dont get near AMT amounts, so most people dont know it exists. So when you exercise you think theres no tax, but then you do your taxes and realize actually you owe tax on money you never received.
Not to say I'm not working on it though, but if paying taxes would put me on the street, guess what, I'm not paying them until whatever they pay for lets me live a life. Just like any other debt, if I'm put in a vulnerable position, debts don't get paid unless they someone else owns the thing I'm living in or depend on, or they can break my legs, like the bank. One could argue you shouldn't have made that particular risky financial move, or you shouldn't be taxed on reception of illiquid assets, which would also both be valid.