http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137838/andrea-louise-campbell/america-the-undertaxed.

The US rates 32nd out the 34 members ofm the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED) in total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP at 24.1%.  The US also spends more on its military budget than the next dozen or so countries combined although this is not discussed in the article.

How is this helping “future generations” of US citizens?