It's a myth that needs to be refuted and dispelled at any and all opportunities. The State makes nothing. It earns nothing. But, of course, the political bandits have the game rigged. Control over other people.
Tax cuts are never too expensive.
It is the government and its shills that are too expensive. It is sick and sad enough that they self-righteously steal our money. What is even more infuriating, exasperating, and insulting is that the State is costing us not only our freedom but our very future.