[A Ruckus of Dogs]

If pork barrel spending were eliminated and taxation reduced to actual national necessity levels, a second income would be almost universally unnecessary. As it is, combined taxation levels are in the 50% neighborhood for many, and that has real impact on many families.

Whilst this is true, remember that it's those very same families who vote for tax increases by demanding that the government do and provide more.

[TChris]

...it's those very same families who vote for tax increases...

I think it's primarily the liberals and masses of inner-city welfare addicts of various flavors who vote for tax increases and government handouts. All the rest of us -- the taxpayers -- are left to contend with the monster they have created.