Calling it "Regressive" is just code to let us know you're a socialist and you won't agree with anything that doesn't punish "the rich".
I am disinclined to believe something malicious without evidence.
Your use of the word "socialist" as an excuse to make ad hominem, unsubstantiated attacks against a fellow user is also not appreciated. You are in attack dog mode and discouraging honest discussion about an important and contentious issue.
Others have provided links showing the states spending going up by %50, over a period where the GDP didn't go up by %50, the population didn't go up by %50. I saw no reason to provide the links that others had already provided, yet you dishonestly characterize me as having failed to provide substantiation for facts that aren't even in dispute.
I call that attack dog mode.
Socialism is a real thing, and if we're to have an honest discussion about anything, we must be allowed to speak of them honestly.
You don't get to rule out whole swaths of reality from discussion because a particular ideology has had a checkered history... especially when people are advocating that ideology.