"It makes me sick that I pay around 40% in state and federal taxes and social security (not that much lower than Western European countries) yet there is still

"It makes me sick that I pay around 40% in state and federal taxes and social security (not that much lower than Western European countries) yet there is still so much poverty and poverty related issues in our country." Maybe the problem isn't the money involved, but the methods involved. After all, they say that to repeat the same actions and expect different results is a form of pathology.