Yeah, I believe taxes are needed but only necessary taxation. We have allowed our government to spend way more than it was ever intended. These guys, on both sides of the isle, have little fiscal responsibility. The democrats are probably worse in general but look at spending under Bush. Taxation should be capped. We need to limit the amount of $ the government can spend since they cannot limit themselves.
Taxes began as a way to fund things like infrastructure, protection of the nation, services to veterans, temporary assistance for those who fell on hard times, a net for old retired citizens who paid their dues, police/fire/emergency services, etc. Then the expanded government in many directions and we are funding shit that the gov was never intended to fund. The amount of aid we give to other countries is appauling when people are starving here and real unemployment is 10-17%. The amount of defence spending is outrageous, entitlement spending out of hand...pet projects, pork, the U.N., the list goes on and on
