No, they should not. Taxes are not voluntary. You act as if we all merrily signed up for this system, when in fact it was forced upon us since birth. This idea

No, they should not. Taxes are not voluntary. You act as if we all merrily signed up for this system, when in fact it was forced upon us since birth. This idea that if we somehow elect the right person that horrors like the drug war will go away, or that something else won't replace it, is a an abdication of true responsibility. The tax payer, like the individual in this story, is a victim of a predatory institution.