I could be delusional, but I believe a majority of Americans would eat beans to pay more taxes for a decade if it put the country back on track for future generations. But right now, I am doing everything plausibly legal to keep from paying any more than I must because I believe it is going to a losing cause.
The truly sad part is American wealth has led to an era of peace across the world. We could afford to project great power. Now that the Treasury has been throughly looted untold people shall die in wars. Wars that would have been prevented by a strong America that was simply protecting its interests.