Your living standards

Yes, with many reservations. I don't trust the government with taxes as they show themselves to be extremely wasteful, nor do I expect that any one "adminstration"'s greater good would quite jibe with my expectations.   I would like to see that the government that chooses to raise taxes is also tightening their belts and dropping their standard of living. I would want a long-term approach that will protect the environment as much as possible, and I would like to see population control as part of the equation. I want efficient spending and efficient birthing.

In the meantime, I do think it far too unfair that most children are growing up in poverty while others are born with silver spoons up their nostrils. I don't wish to support bludgers, and I don't think it's fair that many of us in the so-called middle class of income choose to limit our number of children, while others who are very poor keep on pumping out babies for the rest of us to support. That said, I don't blame it on the babies, and think that those children should be adequately supported.

I doubt any government would agree with me on what the greater good is.

Would you be prepared to accept a drop in living standards for the "greater good" In other words would you happily surrender more of your income in taxation to support those with less than you in the name of addressing income inequality, and addressing the challenges of poverty.

Do you trust government to clearly define what the "greater good" really is, and not to use your tax revenue to simply fund tax cuts for their friends, the "actual rich"