This idea has a measurable goal. Meeting the goal over a twenty year period would be less of a shock allowing for adjustments as needed. Current GDP is around 16 trillion. Raising taxes using the wealth of suggestions in this site would create around 500 billion dollars of new revenue a year. Cap it at 20% and let the country wrestle with how best to spend it.
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