This might be a tough question for you but:
What would happen to the deficit if there were no taxes?
What would happen to taxes if there was no deficit?
My point was that if you are of the belief that the only way to pay off debt is to increase taxes, then that hasn't really been working considering taxes keep going up and the debt keeps increasing as well. At what point do you reach the point of not being able to increase taxes anymore? I mean people are paying more than half of their income in taxes already? Do you think taking the other half as well will fix the problem? No.
You need to curb the spending and you need to cut things.
Just like people do in their personal lives with househiold debt.
In the real world, if your interest on debt each month is more than what you can afford, then you need to reduce your spending on other things to level it out and make the payments, eventually reducing the debt. Once it's manageable, you can invest in other things.
Imagine if the Liberals didn't leave us with $1 billion/month interest payment...where that $12 billion/year could be invested? How much affordable housing could be built? Hospitals, schools? But instead, taxes need to be increased just to afford what we have today...we're barely making the minimum payment!
So if you think increasing taxes is the ultimate solution, then why not consider taxing everyone 100% and give all your money to the state. That is the ultimate Communist utopia!