Then when you add the high percentage of illegals who dont pay taxes but who benefit from those things that taxes go to, along with all those billionaires who do not “take a salary” and avoid income taxes, you can see why America has “Gone Fishing”, and left the rest of us carrying the load.
This is one reason why it is so difficult to have to pick a pony in the political races. Even if you are voting against the other guy, does it matter in the long run?