Re:Yuk (Score 2, Insightful)

It's not so much that we're afraid of taxes as that it's the opinion of many in the US that we're overtaxed and that much our tax money is misspent and wasted. Basically given the UN's track record for (mis)management, it causes many to doubt its ability to apply a tax and manage the money appropriately.

(Disclaimer: I am not an economist, accountant, nor an expert in tax rates and policies for other countries, or how they compare to tax in the US, my only point was to provide an explanation for the opinion posted above. I'm not responsible for the opinion's relationship to reality)