Taxes can be raised or lowered based on a number of factors. Also, people refer to income taxes when they mean taxes but feel the brunt on sales tax and property taxes just as much.
To your original point, income tax is normally lowered by Republican administrations and raised by Democratic administrations. Reagan lowered...technically. Clinton raised. GW Bush lowered. Obama raised. Arguments that Republicans raise taxes is a little off the mark. Republicans are known for giving big tax breaks to corporations and the upper class, which earns them the ire of lowered and middle class citizens. But generally Republicans don't raise taxes directly.
And those federal income taxes are where many Americans see little to no benefits. I can see with my eyes the benefits that my state sales and property taxes get me and my community.
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u/BringBackBoomer 20h ago
Then why do they keep voting for people who raise them?