With the economy worse off now then any time in recent history, it is quite obvious that Americans are buckling down and worried about their future.  For many that also means that they’re worried about their finances and about the potential for any increase in taxes.  It’s obvious to me that regardless of who is elected into office – taxes are going to change.  They will either change in how much the average American pays or how the dollars are used once they get collected.  Either could be good or bad.

Frankly, I’ve often thought of this as a double-edged sword.  Taxes are important for the government services that we want (demand) and yet almost everyone I know, at one time or another, complains about how much they pay in taxes.  What I never hear people complaining about is how those tax dollars are being spent.  Very few average, Joe six-pack Americans scream as loudly about waste, pork-barrel spending, and economics as they do about how much they’re paying into the system.  Stop that waste and it’s likely that taxes wouldn’t have to increase.