Of course.
Unfortunately, we citizens seem to like some of the things that spending brings.
That's why we don't reelect politicians who take those things away from us.
A responsible policy is to recognize that reality and generate revenues that match the spending the politicians (and citizens) authorize.
An irresponsible policy is to take what you want - tax cuts - and blame someone else for the spending that you know is taking place.
“That’s why we don’t reelect politicians who take those things away from us.”
If the USA was a democracy you’d be right, but the founders gave us a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
It’s true that we elect politicians, who create spending and tax bills, but that was never meant to be the extent of our control over the government.
The founders also gave us the constitution, which enumerates (limits) the legitimate roles and functions of the government, and seperates it into three coequal branches.
The way is supposed to work, is that 1) the legislature writes spending and tax bills, 2) the executive branch carries them out, and 3) the judicial branch assures that they are within the limited scope of the constitution.
For a century, all three branches have been increasingly corrupted by Leftists whose socialist agenda is to carry out massive wealth redistribution that is entirely unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court and other higher courts, dominated by leftists, refuse to enforce the constitution, and thereby allow blatantly unconstitutional spending, taxation and regulatory legislation to stand. The executive branch carries out these ever-expanding and unconstitutional laws and programs, and routinely oversteps its authority with gross invasions of privacy and violations of individual liberties.
Ironically, the only time there is any push back from the other two branches is when there is an attempt by an administration to riegn in the federal government!
This is the state we find ourselves in, and as you point out, electing different politicians to the legislature has not offered a solution.
So, we elected Trump, an agent of change, to restore the three branches to their proper coequal roles. To do that, he promised to fix the executive branch by draining the swamp. He promised to fix the judicial branch by appointing originalist justices. He promised to fix the legislature by leading a tax and regulatory revolt.
Trump is making good on all three promises.
Taxes are way too high, but it’s not for the reason you say - that “we” like the spending and reelect politicians who authorize more spending. It’s because for 100 years the judicial branch has been thoroughly corrupted by Leftists and refuses to enforce the limitations of the constitution on the other two branches of government.
That balance of the three coequal branches has to be restored in order to rein in government spending. Trump is working on that long term solution. Meanwhile, a tax and regulatory revolt is our only recourse.
Besides, it is a myth that tax rate cuts result in deficits - instead, the economy booms and due to increase in volume, the government takes in record revenues despite the lower rates.