https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/...p-not-down

Now you have to skip the first 5 paragraphs with the mindless Democratic drivel (I almost quit reading), but there is some serious discussion beyond that. Start with this paragraph:

"...Let's remember, though, that the U.S. is, by developed country standards, a very low-tax country. It raises about a quarter of its gross domestic product in revenue at all levels of government, compared to about a third in the rest of the developed world, and well more than 40 percent in some countries. For the last several decades, the U.S. at the federal level alone has raised roughly 18 percent of GDP in taxes, while spending around 20 percent...."