I think what's worse is that the basic nature of taxes is not taken into account, which is allegedly desired government activities, and instead some sort of mor

I think what's worse is that the basic nature of taxes is not taken into account, which is allegedly desired government activities, and instead some sort of moral compensation for existing a la christian church. The consolidated US government already collects 33% of GDP in taxes: how about consuming the worst performing services of the government? I'm sure there's at least 5% of spending thats a no-brainer pure loss to society.