Do you donate money to your government above and beyond your taxes? I don't mean to impugn your political feelings. I consistently vote for people who will rai

Do you donate money to your government above and beyond your taxes? I don't mean to impugn your political feelings. I consistently vote for people who will raise my taxes, personally. That doesn't mean I'm volunteering to pay more than I'm obligated within a system that doesn't provide the social services my family needs. I just want to point out that almost no one pays more taxes than they are legally obligated to, regardless of their political views. This implies that substantially everyone sees value in optimizing their taxes. In light of that, surely you can understand why the question you asked does not make much sense? The law is what it is, so of course within the law people will attempt to pay less taxes.