[outofstyle]

Of course no one likes it. However, the last time I saw anything approaching seething voter hostility was in 1992. Arguably, even then, voters were seething about many issues. If there truly was seething voter hostility out there, we would have had change by now.

[goldstategop]

The political class, which includes the MSM, can be expected to defend the main prop of the welfare state. They're not about to put the IRS, which through the income tax makes that possible, out of business any time soon.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[SomeCallMeTim]

I love the way people get so outraged by the 23% tax.. (which,BTW, is really a 30% tax)... yet, no one seems to be equally outraged at the SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY being taken from us in the form of confiscatory income taxes.

People seem to think we can live in a country where ONLY rich people pay taxes. We’re almost there.... and, we’re almost broke.

[Kellis91789]

“Of course no one likes it. However, the last time I saw anything approaching seething voter hostility was in 1992. Arguably, even then, voters were seething about many issues. If there truly was seething voter hostility out there, we would have had change by now.”

The problem is that the people paying the taxes are too genteel to march in the streets. The poor and lower middle class aren’t paying much in Income taxes, and don’t worry much about the IRS. All attempts to ‘untax’ the poor are bad ideas. It only encourages them to vote for wasteful government spending. All benefit at no personal cost. What sort of idiot thinks that can go on forever ?