"Voters are always all to willing to vote other people's wallets to extra taxation, but if it was going to hit them, boy all hell would break loose."
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Exactly. An old joke goes something like this:
A communist is trying to explain communism to a peasant. He says: "If your neighbor has two cows, he has to give one to you".
Peasant: Great, I like it.
C: If your neighbor has two chickens, he has to give one to you.
P: "Wonderful, I like communism".
C: And if your neighbor has two shirts, he has to give one to you.
P: NO, I don't like communism.
C: Why not?
P: Because I've got two shirts and I don't want to give one to my neighbor.