You can't pick and chose, which government programs you want to pay for, and the ones that you don't. When we had children, someone else that didn't have kids, paid for a portion of our children's education. Turn about is fair play.

The taxes that you should worry about are a flat tax with no deductions, and a national sales tax. A flat tax with no deductions is about a regressive tax as you can get. Therefore, it will never happen.

I don't remember the exact number but I think that 16+% of seniors don't pay income tax. A national sales tax would increase the taxes for all of those seniors. We paid income taxes all of our lives, and now they are going to change the rules. Just fix the federal income tax taking away the rules that help people at the top avoid playing taxes.

If you want to call this socialism, go right ahead. What do you call the top income earners buying their Congressman or woman? Good use of their money!