I have some dear friends who vote in Maryland and who always vote for the candidates most likely to raise their taxes, because it is the “most generous and open-hearted thing to do,” and then I have to listen to them cry about the taxes in Maryland. Several years ago I began limiting my response to, “You reap what you sow,” and leave it at that.
Liberals are amazing. They don’t understand actions (voting liberal Democrats into office) and consequences (higher taxes).
Then they get all defensive when you try to ‘splain it to them.