>>515730643
I should add than this amount of money raised by the government (in all levels) is funded by surplus money (profits) from private industry.
Private industry makes around 4 trillion dollars in net profits after taxes.
They keep 1 trillion for internal investment.
About another trillion is handed out in dividends and stock buybacks.
2 trillion left, and is soaked by US government selling of bonds.
Theres another trillion available which comes from foreign tributes (Qatar, Netherlands, etc) and is what funds most of any new real investment in the US, besides companies reinvesting 25% of profits in their own enterprises.
The available pool of money for additional taxation would be that 1 trillion of dividend money and that 1 trillion of company investment money.
Then theres the interest money paid by the government, which is used by the private sector, around 800 billion. Its used for mortage and corporate bonds, basically.
Realistically you cant take more than 400 extra billions in net additional money, and you can do so by taking it from the trillion dollars in dividends. Theres not much else available, things are near maxx