First, completely scrap our current tax code. Start over from scratch. To avoid cheating make it insanely simple so their aren't any loopholes. Everyone and every company pays X% of their net income. No deductions. No anything.
Second, government has plenty of money. It's just gotten so inefficient due to bureaucracy that it can't do anything. The best story was a road that got washed away, government came in and said it was going to takes years to repair and cost over a million dollars. The town final got fed up and did it themselves. In a weekend.
Another great example is the school system. Bureaucracy, administrators, and union work rules have exploded the costs. The number of teachers has stayed stagnate while I believe administrators have quadrupled.