I'm talking about taxes because I don't think money is the problem. If money was the problem, we should be able to raise taxes to meet the needs of, say, the pu

I'm talking about taxes because I don't think money is the problem. If money was the problem, we should be able to raise taxes to meet the needs of, say, the public school system. The problem is, the additional amount of taxes to be collected needs to be an absolute/agreed upon value, not just "more".