Taxes have to be increased slowly or people complain. So instead of increasing Federal taxes we increase the gas tax so you see it in the cost of your food. It

Taxes have to be increased slowly or people complain. So instead of increasing Federal taxes we increase the gas tax so you see it in the cost of your food. It's not so easy just to raise taxes. Raising salaries doesn't increase output, only gdp. Taxation was tongue in cheek, but moreso our strategy is tax the blood out of immigrants to keep the country going, as really when you first come here, you don't earn much.