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[Occhidiangela]

But things need to change, and that asks for some political backbiting.....altough I agree that they should wait a little while with that. As I see it more taxes is the only way to go.
(what do you actually pay in %)
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Paying taxes does not equal public works constructed. Paying taxes equals a bun fight for who gets to spend what part of "everyone's money" on what they think is important. Ted Kennedy, a competent Senator, was able to spring loose 11 billion and counting in federal money, goodness know how much in State money, and counting, for a major traffic and metro upgrade to Boston. That is one example of how "taxes" get spent. There is not a bottomless pit, and during Clinton's administration, there was a bipartisan effort to curtail government spending. Defense got slammed. Public works also got slammed. Veterans benefits got hit. And so on.

Entitlements, however, did pretty well. Medicare. Social Security.

The current administration continued in that vein, which included two tax cuts, neither of which were warranted based on our budget, debts, and cash flow in a softer economy than the 90's boom.

Raising taxes if the economy is soft can, if carelessly done, induce recession. No politician wants to hazard that without a good reason.

Occhi