t to America and its citizens. Both presidential candidates have focused large portions of their campaigns on changes in the tax code, the media covers the topic thoroughly, and the debates between politicians are often over taxes. But there are some that argue tax reform is not as important to Americans as it seems. Ruy Teixeira writes in The Tax Cut Nobody Wants, The public is remarkably uninterested in tax cuts and, if anything, is becoming less interested by the day. In support of his statement he cites that, According to a FOX News poll in March of last year, the public prefers funding Medicare over tax cuts by a 65 percent to 25 percent margin. And the sentiment on Social Security versus tax cuts is even more lopsided: A CNN/Time poll last July found 74 percent wanting to use the budget surplus to stabilize Social Security, compared to just 21 percent who preferred a tax cut. This evidence seems to contradict the entire theory of tax reform and what it means to the United States. The polls cited suggest little support for the attention being paid to tax reform and tax cuts. Instead, they suggest that most Americans prefer to increase government spending and focus on improving programs rather than change the tax code. This view completely opposes the call for large-scale tax reform. However, the focus of the people is not always on the correct issues. The opinions of the majority are not always correct and they can often have great errs in judgement. This is why our government was set up in the way that it was. The founders wanted us to have representation. They did not, on the other hand, want the popular vote to decide the focus of our government. That is why we have a Congress of specialized legislators that represent us, but do not always have to side with the majority on issues. If the majority of the public decided what our government policies would be, we never would have passed laws such as the thirteenth am...
