So you don't think it is possible to have a country without gender pay bias, with a properly funded health service, with public sector employees earning what it costs to live in the area they are employed and with enough police to make sure that people are held to account for their actions? To me these all feel absolutely fundamental if we are to consider ourselves a civilised society.

It is nonsensical to see it as a giveaway unless you dont pay tax. It is a choice that we have to make, what do we expect/want as a society and what are we willing to pay for it.