What benefits do you get from taxes you pay?

Taxes cover maintenance of roads, bridges, etc. So you benefit from driving of safe maintained roads and bridges. Texas also cover schools, you or your kids can go to school and they get textbooks from school, which taxes also cover. Taxes cover law enforcement (police) so you are safe, because you have police :) and... Public buildings like Libraries are covered by taxes so you can buy books. If you are unemployed the taxes can help pay for you :) that's all I can think of right now