The better question is, why do we pay such extreme taxes in the first place? A lot of state/local budgets seems to be well kept, but the federal budget is essentially cash incineration.
Americans pay quite low taxes relative to other countries.
There's clearly plenty of waste and poor spending in the federal budget, though there's wide-ranging disagreement on which parts are the wasteful ones.
There's clearly plenty of waste and poor spending in the federal budget, though there's wide-ranging disagreement on which parts are the wasteful ones.