I have no data to back this up but it seems that when taxes are higher people bitch more but work harder and create more work making the economy better.........Now don't go all ballistic on me.
Theres more bitching now than there was when taxes were sky high. Not only are the "low taxes at any cost" types screaming louder than ever even though taxes are at historic lows... But now the people who were never in favor of cutting the American quality of life to save a few dollars on taxes are screaming louder than ever now too.
The thing is though, only way the "low taxes at any cost" types would ever shut up about taxation is if the country literally disintegrated, and there was no level of govt left of any kind. (this is a stated goal for a number of them) Only pure, untaxed anarchy will fully satisfy them. So, I say we give them what they want... Flat out 100% shut down the govt, full stop. No more military, schools, hospitals, police, fire, no NOTHING... Then, those of us who are really, really sick of dealing with these ignorant, self serving sociopaths, can freely go about exterminating them. With no govt to create laws and enforce them, we will be free to solve the fundamental problem eating away at our society; there are elements among us who do not believe America should exist, unless they are in control of it. These two opposing ideals fundamentally cannot peacefully coexist. We can't have 80% of America ready to move forward together, and 20% of America dead set determined to make all Americans slaves to their wholly self serving agenda, and if they can't do it, then they want no part of America and prefer to destroy it. That's no way to live, and it's no way to lead a society of 310 million people.
America's fight isn't about taxes, it's about those who believe America exists to serve all citizens equally (as is blatantly stated in the Constitution), and those who believe America only exists to serve themselves, regardless of the harm their whims cause to other citizens.