The welfare state creates its own victim/client constituency. By making individuals free and independent, we reduce the need for 'charity' to those truly needy citizens what we can certainly afford to help through real charity.
People learn their politics at a young age and tend to stick with it.
I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.
Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase.
The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.
Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.