This is plain wrong. At the federal level I in the USA, taxes are not used to pay for anything. Federal government spends first and then collects taxes. If you

This is plain wrong. At the federal level I in the USA, taxes are not used to pay for anything. Federal government spends first and then collects taxes. If you haven't noticed, the government ran a deficit for the good part of the last 150 years with no issue. In fact the government MUST run a deficit if we want our economy to grow, or even stay out of recession/depression.