How can we stop the theft of America where are the Ethics?

I live in Michigan and the State said that they were going to allocate lottery monies to pay for schools but I have seen a reduction in my taxes. They said that welfare was bad and needed to be discontinued so it was discontinued and yet there was no rduction in my taxes. They charged many millions of dollars to sports through the purchase of fishing licenses for salmon hatcheris and when the fish were fully grown they put weirs in front of the rivers and sold the Salmon to commercial fishing trawlers for sale. I dont understand how they keep eliminating things but still charge us and then charge us for things and then sell them and we get nothing. What can be done.