An explanation of tax resentment. Understanding it is necessary if you are going to counter it effectively.
One of the issues that seems to resonate with voters is that of
taxes. Nearly everyone feels that their taxes are too high. Even
those who have had the largest tax cuts in the past few years
still wish to see their taxes lowered.
Well, paying less taxes always sounds like a good idea, so why
is it so much a US issue and not such a hot button in other
industrialized countries? In countries like Sweden taxes can be
as high as 50% yet there is not the same type of anti-tax
resentment. The neo-con policies of Milton Friedman and followers
of Ayn Rand do not figure in main stream economic discussions in
Europe the way they do in the US. What is different? My answer
below:
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