Daniel Mitchell of Cato gives here a clear and irrefutable argument against tax increases of any sort: the politicians will simply blow through the money and soon claim that they must have more.
Telling our “representatives” in Washington that they can’t have any more scarce resources (that would be put to better use in the private sector) is like telling the alcoholic that you won’t buy him any more booze. He’ll whine and complain. Maybe he’ll get violent. But he will adjust to the new reality.
