Why do people assume we always have to give more and more money to the government? What have they done with the $6 trillion they spend every year so far? What evidence is there that giving them more will improve anything?
Taxes are not for you to punish people you don't like. They're to fund the government enough to perform its necessary functions. That's all.
Governments can fund themselves in numerous ways, not just taxes. Either way you'll pay.
The key issue is do we want a federal government expenditure of 20-25% of the economy? I'd say no.
Should government spend 25% percent of GDP? Who cares. Governments shouldn’t aim for a specific number, they should spend enough to make sure full employment is achieved, according to saving desires and the private market’s appetite for investment.
Whatever the private market isn’t willing to invest, the government should take care of.
Whether that’s 10% or 50% is literally irrelevant.
We should be demanding ruthless efficiency from the government, not dreaming up new ways for them to take our stuff.
Cool, then let's just do away with them altogether. This is great news. All those people saying I needed to pay taxes so I can have roads and schools and a military and everything must be wrong.