I think the issue isn't how much citizens are paying in taxes. I think it's how the government is allocating those funds. For example, my town I live in has average rent prices for 1 bedroom apartments ABOVE the medium HOUSEHOLD income. Our homeless population is starting to get out of control. Every day there are 3 to 4 homeless families with their children at the local mall intersection asking for assistance, because the city only has 13 units set aside for homeless housing.

But we spend 100s of millions a year on one public high schools sports budget.

The government is the party that should be responsible, and I'm tired of the onus of the responsibility being put on the citizens. Why else do we PAY taxes for if not for these social services?