[kosciusko51]

From the Department of Numbers:

Government Receipts and Expenditures as a Fraction of GDP

So, while the tax rates has fluctuated wildly, the historic trend shows receipts are typically between 15 to 20% of the GDP.

So increasing the tax rate DOESN'T WORK. What really should be done is limiting spending to no more than 20% of GDP.

If one wants to increase government spending, one should to figure out how to maximize the GDP.

[JayGalt]

Exactly how Mulvaney, Mnuchin & Ross have explained the Trump plan.