In the existing environment, calls for lower taxes can be seen a helping relatively few people. When these people are characterized as the "rich elite", it is easy to oppose general tax relief or smaller government as the "compassionate" position in terms of political ethics.
After all, it is well reported that a smaller federal government will result in renewed victimization of minorities, seniors having to eat cat food from garbage cans, and the deliberate starvation of children through out the country.
There is absolutely no reason to believe that the demographics of the national population, the pro-government, politically correct, "diversity" worshipping educational system, and the biased perspective of the national media will improve. In fact, the opposite will happen.
These components make possible the election of individuals who would be judged as weird aberrations in a more intelligent and sane environment--The Hillary Clintons, Barbara Boxers, Tom Daschles, etc.
There seems to be little hope for a return to sanity in the foreseeable future. Eventually, the current government by Ponzi-scheme will have to collapse under the weight of its own corruption. What will follow is, I submit, not at all clear.