I think in the U.S. the government sees this as a feature. Am expecting very large tax hikes to be proposed soon.

Source: Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak warns tax rises to follow spending spree – BBC News

At this point, at lot if not most of the “stimulus” and “Relief” spending is pork spending to favor constituents. That, in turn will be used as the reason we must raise taxes.

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