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Message:: [QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1056898, member: 23626"]Those with wealth require security and protection of it, hence our large military. I have read that 40% of every dollar goes directly to military expenses with and addition 10% to pay debt on money borrowed for military funding. So that's half the nation's expenses. Other demands are placed for services by the general population. Unfortunately, there is no "they". "They" are "Us". Taxes could lower dramatically, but what are we willing to give up ? Health care ? Roads ? Schools ? Border Security, National Parks, etc. It has grown to a long list of things felt needed for public benefit. I mean we gave up research funding to Universities for the most part, so now medical and other research is done abroad. Those people will find the cures, etc and hold the patents. I sure don't like taxes, but the problem is too complex for my small mind to comprehend. I do believe that our elected officials do everything the can to scramble for enough money to keep things going. I still believe it was better before the changes made during the Reagan reign. Tax rates went through the roof, but nearly every cent spent here in the US was deductible. So, people spent money and there were jobs. Today, the shift in taxation doesn't seem to encourage that. IMHO[/QUOTE]