[Recon Dad]

Selling big government only goes so far...until the rubber meets the road and taxes start rising, jobs are not created, illegals are taking your job, etc, etc.

[americanophile]

They've done a clever job of taking more and more people off the tax roles through a ‘progressive tax scheme,’ so that tax increases don't affect the masses directly, just the so-called ‘wealthy.’ The appeal of big government continues, for their are no apparent consequences for huge swathes of voters...ever approaching a majority.