“As for the argument that not paying taxes causing others to pay more, I simply don’t think that is factually true. The government does not charge taxes based on how much money it does or does not have: if it did, we wouldn’t be stuck with a 13+ trillion dollar national debt now, would we?”
Not so, IMO. If sufficient revenue is not coming in from taxes, the government finds OTHER ways to hit the little guys with higher taxes on items they purchase, on phone usage, MTA increases, postal increases, etc.