[CraigJPerry]

Why would a desire to pay less tax on your part influence a government’s misappropriation of the public purse?

That’s what voting is for surely?

[doovd]

Abuse of taxes is not a party-specific issue. Until laws are passed to prevent this (which is probably a multi-decade lobbying effort), it will re-occur. In the meantime, it's probably reasonable to be sour about paying taxes when it's subject to this practice by the receiver.

[Nextgrid]

Voting only works if there are good options out there. If both options are equally crooked, there's no solution.