The essential problem here is that between Federal, state, and local government, over 40% of our GDP gets sucked up by government spending. More taxation, wherever it occurs, just exacerbates the problem.
PS it is closer to 30% than 40%.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S
2023 FED 16.23% of GDP.
https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-are-sources-revenue-state-and-local-governments
State and local has averaged 15 percent of GDP since 1977.