but I don't hear anyone on here asking to pay more tax..................
Damn right, UK citizens are already far too heavily taxed. Given that governments of all shades have shown themselves to be profligate and wasteful, in some cases negligent with what money they do receive, why on earth should we pay more when they should be getting their houses in order first?
Some of the headline figures on dubious use of UK taxpayers' money are eye watering:
EU contributions ~ £12bn pa
International aid budget ~ £11.5bn pa
UK tax gap ~£34bn for the last published year's figures
Costs of running and managing the NHS as a market ~ £5 - 15bn pa depending which figures you use
There's ~ £60-70bn pa of questionable spending; even if the govt saved 20% of that each year that would be close to ~£12-15bn that could either go to deficit reduction, to departmental spending or interest payments.
So no, you probably won't find many people arguing for higher tax rates given the levels of wastage already in the system. But I do appreciate it's just easier to continue to be wasteful, implement further cuts and then go after individuals rather than sorting out the systemic problems that are swallowing billions each year.