> People in the USA perceives any kind of added tax, as money stolen from the state.
Hmm? The typical perception (among those who actually share the perception, which is not all Americans) reads more like: additional taxes are money stolen from the people and transferred to the state, whereupon significant chunks of it are wasted by a soulless bureaucracy (and sometimes select corporate sycophants) before the bureaucracy gives the People back a lot of substandard services.
Of course, enough US citizens were willing to vote for certain Congresspeople and presidents that a significant law was recently passed, with the ostensible goal of reforming health care. You may have heard about it as "the Affordable Care Act" or, colloquially, "Obamacare". So be careful with generalizations about American attitudes.
Perhaps study of this law's actual effects will ultimately be able to demonstrate the accuracy or inaccuracy of this perception?
Disclaimer. This post attempts to describe attitudes only, without endorsing or condemning them.
Hmm? The typical perception (among those who actually share the perception, which is not all Americans) reads more like: additional taxes are money stolen from the people and transferred to the state, whereupon significant chunks of it are wasted by a soulless bureaucracy (and sometimes select corporate sycophants) before the bureaucracy gives the People back a lot of substandard services.
Of course, enough US citizens were willing to vote for certain Congresspeople and presidents that a significant law was recently passed, with the ostensible goal of reforming health care. You may have heard about it as "the Affordable Care Act" or, colloquially, "Obamacare". So be careful with generalizations about American attitudes.
Perhaps study of this law's actual effects will ultimately be able to demonstrate the accuracy or inaccuracy of this perception?
Disclaimer. This post attempts to describe attitudes only, without endorsing or condemning them.