Americans have a kneejerk aversion to any sort of taxes because they have been conditioned to think that any sort of public good is communism, and therefore evi

Americans have a kneejerk aversion to any sort of taxes because they have been conditioned to think that any sort of public good is communism, and therefore evil, and that they are therefore righteous for protesting against it. And they have been conditioned to accept certain exceptions, like the military, or corporate welfare. That is evidence that the problem could be corrected, with correct (and ubiquitous) messaging, but we are competing against fifty years of effort and most of the major media outlets.