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 decid

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 That sounds to me like, "We can't get our ship in order, so lets rob someone who can instead of fixing it and we'll fix it later (but we won't because note what we've done in the current example)." The problem for government is less "not enough money" and more "we don't know how to spend it to accomplish specific and measurable goals"