Federal = 24% Using Total Income Tax / AGI (Line 63/37)
State = 7.1%
You know, I still have a shit load of money left over and I get a ton of services with the money I pay in to State, Fed, and other taxes/fees. I do try to minimize my taxes, but I have no quarrel with what I'm paying.
Here are the biggest benefits I can think of off the top of my head.
From age 6-18, I received SSI Survivor Income benefit. ( I think it was $100 per month, but not sure...it went to my mom)
From age 5-17, I received a free education. I could make the most of it, or I could squander it. It was my choice. (I know this was funded by property tax, but I'm thinking of the bigger picture of what all taxes make available).
Now, I get to go to any Smithsonian museum I want any time I want for free.
Clean water, safe streets, laws that protect my health and safety.
Overall, I think it's more than fair.
ETA: As a resident of the District of Columbia, the only thing that is NOT fair is that I do not have representation in Congress, and instead have the a-holes from other parts of the country deciding that what DC voters want is not what they can have.