It seems several of the posters here really do need to "get out of their mother's basement", and find out how the world exists. The idea of more taxes, more government, (and the associated services), have all been tried elsewhere, and the europeans are going broke! Greece and Spain are virtually bankrupt providing services, and early retirement to their people without the income to pay for it.
Once you learn that government economy is no different than the individual, (if you don't have the money, you can't afford it), you see what you have to buy, not what you would like to.
All wealth comes from the ground, and the rest of us trade our labor (services),or goods we took from the ground, to folks who have the goods that we need to live. Of course things get more complicated when we have money as an indicator of wealth, as money is no longer tied to a certain value, and countries can print all they want. This is what happened in Greece, the country does not produce enough wealth (GDP) to pay for its spending, so it's money is worthless. Now other european nations are trying to prop up their economy so their own currency (Euro) is worth something.
We really don't want that to happen here, although the left is trying!