Washington Spends Sloppily

Senator George Lemieux from Florida has a point here. He says that government spending is a problem, which is inefficiency. Tax payers money does go and should go necessary programs such as Medicare and Social Security, but a large sum is wasted in an unclear fashion. If taxes were raised after the recession and government spending was more efficient, wouldn't a grand sum of capital be available for paying off America's crippling amount of debt?