<i>I have no doubt that they could spend a lot less than they do. On the other hand, I am entirely unwilling to wait for them to become more efficient before deciding to severely tax</i><p>That sounds to me like, &quot;We can&#x27;t get our ship in order, so lets rob someone who can instead of fixing it and we&#x27;ll fix it later (but we won&#x27;t because note what we&#x27;ve done in the current example).&quot;<p>The problem for government is less &quot;not enough money&quot; and more &quot;we don&#x27;t know how to spend it to accomplish specific and measurable goals&quot;