I would not. My taxes are not a burden on me. While on the other hand, the local politicians have sought tax cut after tax cut, causing the library to limit se

I would not. My taxes are not a burden on me. While on the other hand, the local politicians have sought tax cut after tax cut, causing the library to limit services, the schools to cut down on teaching staff, infrastructure maintenance delays, less funding for local social services and city events, and more. My paying an extra 20% wouldn't fix things, as adding to the general budget would end up simply reducing taxes further, instead of everyone sharing the load. I hate that I've starting getting involved with local politics. I would rather code. Or, following your self-centric analysis, I would put the effort into raising my taxes by 20% since the collective benefits give me much more than what I can do individually.