That’s a fair point. I guess underlying my view on return on taxation is a belief that government ought to be there to support people. If Americans en masse c

That’s a fair point. I guess underlying my view on return on taxation is a belief that government ought to be there to support people. If Americans en masse could be convinced that this is what government ought to be about then the shift in culture you speak of might come about. Maybe then the public debate would be about what is efficacious and not the vapid vituperation that currently pervades American political discourse.