>Why should we pay more tax? The fact that other (socialist) nations pay more taxes does not mean that the US should have higher taxes. It says that the US should not go socialist.
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>If you want a better TV, you expect to pay more.
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>If you want a better car, you expect to pay more.
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>If you want to live in the country that you believe has the best standard of living, what do you expect? To pay less? Why?

Because this country has been efficient enough to have a great standard of living for at least a century w/o extremely high taxes.