Sure, because the system has worked so well for the past 100 years. It has worked especially well for the past 20, right? And, let me tell you, the system has just been a colossal success these past two years. Do I really need a sarcasm tag here?
How exactly does one "hang in there" when, for instance, one's business folds because one cannot pay the taxes about to be levied on one?
How does one "hang in there" when one's farm has to be sold to pay the taxes on one's animals' flatulence?
How does one "hang in there" when one is passed over for employment because one's skin color is not dark enough and the business has not yet met its affirmative action quota?
How does one "hang in there" when a whole new series of taxes is levied against one's income to pay for health care for perfect strangers who have never intended to hold a job and never paid taxes?
Game. Set. Match.
The reason the way things are the way they are is because people don’t vote. There is a small percentage of people that vote. People need to get off their dead asses and vote!