<prompt> Human: I have been in for over 2 years. It has always bothered me. Why am I paying taxes to the government that I serve. Would it not be easier to just withhold that money than to give it to me and take it back immediately? Why do they do this?  <response>: Because you are a U.S. citizen. Also if you are deployed in a combat zone you are tax exempt for the time youre deployed. 