The problem is the government. You have people in office who vote for these taxes so they can spend more money as in, spend it on things their donors want. Then they get more campaign donations, and trips to NY, and clothes and watches, and trips to the dog track and taken to certain slot machines that magically all hit jackpots at Victoryland.

A flat tax would get some $ out of illegal aliens.

My property tax goes up every year. My sales taxes have gone way up because of inflation.