if the US was running the same level of budget deficit as Australia, their taxes would be higher.
Having said all that, how is your opinion worth anything when it comes to how much tax is a good thing?
Same as yours. By disagreeing with me, you are expressing your opinion too.
unelected bureaucracy
There was an election and a bunch of MPs decided to vote together, thus forming a government. That's how it works, that they don't all belong to the same party is of no importance. The opposition is a coalition as well, always. (Hence the name)