The govt doesn't "owe" me anything....but you watch the disaster of what is going on in Joplin, MO and say "the FED can't go on the cheap in order help these people".....
well, when you say FED you mean....taxpayers, who have been paying under the average tax rate since post WWII, and there you have it...no federal money available.
Love how because the bar on taxes had been set so ridiculously high in the past, anything less than that is somehow wrong. Also convenient to ignore the rise of property, sales, death, excise, import, payroll, fica, "unemployment insurance", user fees, licensing fees, mandatory insurance, and payment through higher prices of corporate income taxes.
According to the IRS, If the feds confiscated all income over $114,000 they would net $3.4 trillion. Obama's 2012 budget is $3.6 trillion. Even taking everything over $114,000 would leave Obama with a $200 billion deficit. Of course the economy would grind to a halt.
Its not a tax problem, its a spending problem. duh.