How do they? Ever hear of "foreign aid"? "Our" government sends BILLIONS of our hard earned $$$ to corrupt America hating rulers of other countries. Do you reckon they split the $$$? I think Pelosi is worth 200 MILLION known, not counting secret bank accounts. How else do they steal our $$$?
The power to spend hard-earned tax dollars should never have been given to politicians. That was a huge mistake which should have been corrected a long time ago. Had there been
a separate entity which was responsible for both tax collection and tax disbursement --
under a very strict code of conduct -- the politicians could not have raped their countries. This entity could simply be called "The National Treasury", which would be directly accountable to the president, and would have a department of fiscal waste management to monitor wasteful spending, and penalize the wasters. Politicians would simply make recommendations, but the decision-making power would not be in their hands.
Under such a system:
(a) taxation would be simply 10% of the gross individual or corporate income
with absolutely no exemption or deductions,
(b) income tax returns would be simple
one-page documents which would also be affidavits to show that this was the true gross income (under severe penalties for misrepresentation),
(c)
taxes would be applied to strictly necessary government expenses (infrastructure, national security, and essential services),
(d) there would be
a total moratorium on public debt,
(e) every year this entity would produce
a balanced budget (which would also include a reserve fund for national emergencies),
(f) politicians would receive
only reasonable wages for services rendered just like all wage-earners (with absolutely no perks or pensions from public funds), and
(g) there would be absolutely
no provision for foreign aid.
Foreign aid has done nothing to help the people who most needed help, but it has enriched the corrupt officials at the top of all foreign governments.