This is a local issue. Most of what you pay in federal tax actually does not pay any of the regular government shit you think of. Federal government doesn't pay for your fire, it doesn't pay for your police, and it doesn't pay for local facilities of any sort in the USA. I believe the federal government should practice it's right to tax imports/exports, regulate interstate trade, and insure that states can not take away the rights of their citizens as presented in the constitution. Ron Paul being president would not change your cities fire and police services...