I don't have an issue being taxed, David. I have an issue being taxed for reasons that are based on greed and pet projects by those that are supposed to be representing me in that government. If you look at President Trumps last term, every time he tried to do anything, the Democrats did everything they could to stop him due to his agenda "destroying democracy", was racist, or some other fear mongering excuse. If you go back and look at what was in several of the bills pushed through by the Democrats, most of the money used to fund these bills went to pet projects such as a train/subway out to the Napa Valley so Nancy Pelosi wouldn't have to travel with the lowly non-elites, a park/golf course just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, unreliable and inefficient solar and wind farms to replace the natural gas/coal fired electricity generating plants, non-existant EV charging stations powered by a power grid that can barely handle the load already placed on it. I could go on, but I think I've made my point. These are not things that a true representative government should be doing, any more than giving TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO Ukraine or any other country as a way to make the US look good to the rest of the world by propping up corrupt governments