The things that I rely on my taxes for are way smaller than the things my taxes are spent on. For example, why is my tax money being spent on weapons to kill people halfway across the world when no Americans are being threatened? We could eliminate somewhere around 3-4ths of the military industrial complex right now and not have any issues and get some of that money back. I consider myself a libertarian, not a republican. Big difference is Republicans still want to tell you how you can live.