Every American thinks that we just need to lower taxes, and complains that taxes are too high, regardless if the tax rate is 2% or 40%.

Yet, in Germany (where I spent my mission) the taxes are higher than in USA. But Germans seem to accept their taxes with a different attitude. The services derived from their taxes are much better than ours, so they see that their tax money is being spent in a responsible manner, giving them the services they want from government. (Much better roads, better health care, better mail service, better education, etc.)

But in USA, we have no idea where our tax dollar goes. We don’t know if our taxes are buying the services we as citizens want. We then hear the stories of our tax dollars being spent on $600 toilet seats, and all we want is lower taxes – never even questioning if our taxes are getting us a good value or not. If we could know our tax dollars were being spent wisely, we wouldn’t complain at the tax rate.

But, government seems to think their measurement of success is if they can keep taxes down, or even lower them. But, their success should be measured by whether they give us good value for our taxes, and spend only those tax dollars we give them, and not OVERSPEND.

But, government seems to think that we should be taxed less, and then they will give us the services instead by deficit spending. This deficit spending accelerates inflation, which has the effect of lessening the value of our dollar. Therefore, everyone’s dollar is worth less, making the goods we purchase more expensive. This is actually a tax levied on every citizen that purchases. (Taxing without representation?)

The list could of course go on, but my point is this – we play the slave game by just complaining about government, not studying or contributing to the process. We become a slave to taxes when we complain about them only, instead of working to ensure our tax dollars are wisely spent.