The Tax Paradox Nobody Talks About Walk into any diner in middle America and ask people what decides their vote. You'll hear the same thing over and over: taxes. Whoever promises the lowest rate wins. It's practically a reflex at this point — lower taxes good, higher taxes bad, end of discussion. But here's what's strange. The politicians who shout loudest about cutting taxes have been the ones running up the national debt fastest. The numbers don't lie. Between 2001 and 2025, Republican administrations added significantly more to the national debt than Democratic ones. George W. Bush launched two wars…
