Every election campaign is full of charges and countercharges about taxes.
The first income tax was established at the start of the Civil War. The tax rate and the number of people paying taxes crept upward through the years. During World War II, tax withholding began. Our rulers correctly anticipated that as taxes became a larger factor in the economy and a larger percentage of workers' paychecks, we spendthrifts wouldn't save the 10 or 20 bucks a month to pay our tax bill at the end of the year. The fact that more people are paying more taxes creates the impression that if taxes were reduced, we would have more money to spend.