this is why socialism is a shit system:

say you make 1_000€/month. you pay 20% income tax, 20% social security and 10% healthcare insurance(all mandatory in EU, numbers just just for nice rounding). so you now have 500€. then you go buy something(food), so you pay 20% income tax for the seller and then 20% VAT directly to the state. so out of 1_000€, now you have 320€ of real purchasing power. meaning, you work for free two thirds of your entire working life.