Question

What enables the government to generate a huge amount of revenue.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The federal government collected revenues of $3.3 trillion in 2017—equal to about 17.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) (figure 2). Over the past 50 years, federal revenue has averaged 17.3 percent of GDP, ranging from 20.0 percent (in 2000) to 14.6 percent (most recently in 2009 and 2010).