An article in the Washington Post raises the question of whether, in the same way we name and shame tax cheats, we also praise those who dutifully pay their taxes. It notes that while the wealthy do their best to cut their tax burdens to the bare minimum, they also give lavishly to charities. Perhaps, says the author, the reason is public recognition. While a multi-million dollar charitable contribution might make the news, or at least turn a few heads, the impact of paying one's taxes is largely invisible. So maybe a climate of tax compliance can be fostered through celebrating those who make things like fire houses, road work, and courts happen, with the biggest contributors getting things like post offices and libraries named after them. It calls to mind the nation of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels, where the government not only punishes those who break the law, it also rewards those who have not: 

"Although we usually call Reward and Punishment the two Hinges upon which all Government turns, yet I could never observe this Maxim to be put in practice by any Nation except that of Lilliput. Whoever can there bring sufficient Proof that he has strictly observed the Laws of his Country for seventy-three Moons, has a claim to certain Privileges, according to his Quality and Condition of Life, with a proportionable Sum of Money out of a Fund appropriated for that Use: He likewise acquires the Title of Snilpall, or Legal, which is added to his Name, but does not descend to his Posterity."

When the eponymous traveler says that in his home country of Britain there are only punishments, the nation of tiny people are confused and dismayed at a system that only has one half of the equation. 

Of course, on the other hand, Chris Rock famously noted that one should not really be praised for performing what are essentially the minimum expectations of society (i.e. not going to jail, taking care of your kids).