>tax rates
I'm not sure what you mean, like varying degrees of taxation based on
income levels? If so, I'm actually against the income tax. If you do
some research on the Sixteenth Amendment to the American Constitution,
you'll actually find that it was not properly ratified, so it's
basically a phony amendment.
>government spending
As long as the citizens are allowed to vote for or against purchases,
then any form of non-excessive government spending is okay to me.