... they just haven't collected them, yet, that's all.
All the phenomenal deficit spending on poorly drawn up Iraqi plans, the massive fence on the Southwest border, the $700 million to Trent Lott's Mississippi to move a railroad line, the bridge to nowhere, the lack of an oil-profit windfall recovery ...
The uncollected tax bill probably exceeds $8,000 per person. That would be circa $24,000 for a family of four.
Someone should whisper that to Obama.