Do We Mind Taxes?

Republicans are always trying to lower taxes, give tax breaks, and argue that these "help" the average person. I never feel helped. While Democrats are lambasted for always wanting to raise taxes for services that might actually do so.

Other countries have similiar tax levels but receive much more for their money, low cost or free higher education, medical care, housing assistance, and so many other things are just... available.

Yet with our equal or even higher taxes we ALSO pay for all the above out of pocket. Huh?

I don't mind paying taxes, IF I can stop worring about public education, get a college degree without $100k in student loans, have healthcare, and have a home.

When taxes are cut or lowered, it doesn't seem to make any real difference in my own life or finances at all, while corporations and those with money and investments seem to benefit a lot.

So, do we mind paying taxes if we can stop personally paying for the things that can improve our lives the most?

all i have to say is, look at the efficiency levels of the government.


now-do YOU want to pay more,,,,,really?

Taxes, despite what "conservatives" say have never actually been lowered. Tax cuts are more like tax shifts from one kind of tax to another. I agree with you. I do not maind paying my taxes, but I do want more for what I do pay. I also would like the IRS to take their share and leave me the heck alone. I should not have to figure out whetjher or not the government has taken the proper amount. If the IRS cannot figure out what I should be taxed, they shouldn't tax me

Yes I mind taxes alot.........You think you are not helped when fact is you were helped alot from the tax decreases. Just wait until a Dem gets into the White house, your taxes are going to RISE tenfold depending upon what more entitlement programs they put into place. I mind ALOT, it is my money, they piss it away on nothing that I can receive, or fraud and corruptness.......................

small business owner whose business taxes go on the personal tax filings.

I dont mind taxes at all, even paying for those things - if the money goes to where it is supposed to. It seems too often we pay taxes here for xxxx but intsead it goes to b, g, f, l, k.

Because this country is suppose to be a democracy...not a socialistic society. What your talking about it complete socialism.

How much of your individual comfort and support should be provided by your government and the cost transferred to others? I do not think it is the governements job to provide anyone with that which they should secure for themselves byu virtue of their own hard work and effort. Want a house? Get a job and buy one, You want healthcare? Fine, buy it. There are plenty of low cost options. Want a college degree without $100k of debt? Go to school and pay your own way, I did. I graduated from college with all of $1000 in debt.

There is a point where cuttign taxes goes from good to bad, an equalibrium point of maximum return. In the US we have, relative to teh rest of the world, fairly low taxes. May nations have tax rates up around 50-60%. Ours is more like 35%. Personally, I prefer the freedom of using my money the way I want to, not how the government thinks I should.

I do not mind paying taxes either, as long as they go toward things which the government should be engaged in; national defense, regulating food safety, maintaining roads, insuring basic education, etc. Healthcare is not something I think the government should be involved in. Nor insuring everyone has a college degree. Nor giving everyone a home or a car. When we have the government provide those things, we surrender our own initiative in life to the power of Big Brother, expecting to be taken care of (and selling our freedom in the process) instead of doing for ourselves.