I wonder if it's better never to build bailiffs/taxmen. They just give lousy extra money, but make the population +2 angry...
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Without money you'll just sit there waiting for the big blobs to eat you alive, if you manage the tolerance-sliders well you'll get by just fine... 
A Bailiff is really worth it....he fives you 75% of the provinces taxes, so if the tax is 7(european "standart") it will be payed after 10 years...
The +3 RR isn't that hard... I just don't get a Bailiff in a province, if a) it's not rich or b) I really, really don't want a rebellion.
The +3 RR isn't that hard... I just don't get a Bailiff in a province, if a) it's not rich or b) I really, really don't want a rebellion.
You NEED tax colectors! And the revolt risk they give it's not nationalism, so it's extremely hard to make that hurt you in normal play. An expansionist homicidal general has other thoughts, so perhaps he will chose to be poor after all!
Play latest beta and then compare yourself between 2 games where the first you build only a few/none tax collectors and the second you build tax collectors everywhere. The second game will give you much more money. This money can be used to create more soldiers, much more than the soldiers lost in putting down revolts.
start OE, 1419... play for about 20 years, one with, one without.. see if you still think you dont want them
If your get your stab around 0 or above you will never have a single problem with the bailiffs added revolt risk.
Do note that in older patches, tax collectors were not as necessary, and indeed sometimes a bad idea. Ever since they became necessary to collect census taxes, however, they have been essential.