So that 425 dollars is a lot for a poor person. I know that people like you who have had money their lives don’t understand that, but it is. Your import tax as part of the plan you suggest is a terrible idea. It would raise taxes for the poorest Americans who cannot even afford groceries, rent, and gasoline as it is. And that still wouldn’t cover the affordable care act subsidies, so it wouldn’t matter. And who holds Congress sacred? I’m pretty sure every normal person hates Congress.
Tariffs don’t work. Any revenue that is gained from them is offset by the prices that they raise for consumer goods and food, which hurts the bottom 40% of income earners the most. Trump’s tariffs have largely caused inflation harm to most Americans. They were a horrible idea to begin with.
In terms of, to quote you, using other people’s money, that is how every civilized society since Antiquity has been able to function properly. If you can’t levy taxes, then you can’t fund even the most basic public needs. You on the Right are largely misinformed on this idea. I agree that you should not tax the rich at an unreasonable amount. 90% in the 40s and 50s was too high and lead to unemployment and inflation due to high product demand with slower manufacturing production. But what the rich pay now at less than 30% is far too low, even when you account for capital gains taxes and corporate taxes. A 50% income tax wouldn’t harm a billionaire in the slightest, and the surplus tax revenue could be used to create a cleaner better society that the billionaires would enjoy living in, rather than a crime ridden dangerous one. So the billionaires win by paying more taxes.