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Hard to argue with that since there is no universally accepted definition of what "within reason" means.
Also hard to argue "infinite funding", which I never said.
I will note that wealth grows, so there is always new wealth to tax. We're worth more now than when we retired two years ago, and we've traveled a lot more in those two years than we previously did (i.e. a month in Asia, 6 weeks in northern Europe...just this year...not cheap).
Unfortunately, the tax code shields both new wealth, and very old wealth, from much taxation. It continues to grow, but is never taxed, as long as it is large enough. Like Warren Buffett vs his secretary. And the tax code is what it is, at least in part, because the really wealthy "fund" the campaigns of the politicians who create that code. (I put "fund" in quotes because they really are legalized bribes, which the congress never addresses because it would affect their "junkets" and other vacations on "my friend's yacht".)
I didn't even get into any fancy program on my previous post. I mentioned auditors, food inspectors, and such. I could also add border patrol, better -and more- labs so FDA can run their own studies instead of relying on companies with a vested interest in the outcome, more immigration judges, more asylum detention centers (and the associated staff), fixing bridges, etc. Pretty basic stuff that any government should be doing for its citizens. None of that is free. We have to pay for it, and that comes through taxes.
