For every one of the consciencious few, like you, there are a thousand idiots who think a vacation once a year is a right.
Democracy, especially in its gerrymandered representative variety that we have today, has always been two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
I like you, can't salt it away fast enough, but I'm starting to think it ought to be moved off shore.
Well, we do take a vacation every year; usually it's a house at the beach, but this year we splurged and took a cruise in the Baltics. You can't save EVERY penny for the future at the expense of today, but I wouldn't dream of vacations like that if we carried any debt.
I think the best we can do is invest and save for our future and hope there will be enough of us "conscientious" ones to yowl if the wolves come to the door. Right now, I'll be happy if they just go ahead and fix the AMT. :)