my answer is NO.
you can't put taxes on people while you didn't at least started with your corruption fighting plan.
because as you progress with reducing corruption and money waste, you will discover that you have to put less taxes in order to finance the silsileh
I also don't believe that it needs years to start getting results.
They are not parachuted into the gov, they were there for at least 10 years and they made books, articles and speeches about corruption. so they know where to start and what are the subjects that give quick results in order to gain the trust of the public.