Every time the government goes on another huge spending spree, it is followed by a hunt for more taxes, never a reduction in the size of government. “The government is like a dragon, the more you feed it, the bigger it gets, it will never get smaller.” Lao Tsu
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/no_author/this-is-how-the-fed-will-seize-your-money-in-2023-gerald-celente/
Society allowed this to happen.