 When you look at taxes, do any research you want to do. When they raise taxes, people pay less taxes. When they lower taxes, the Treasury gets more tax dollars. Why is that? Thomas Sowell so beautifully explained it is that when you have taxes that are too high or people view them as too high, they're more likely to try to skirt the taxes. They're more likely to try to find ways to deviate from paying it or they just don't pay it at all.