> The rich decides what needs funding while the poor, well, they do poor people stuff I suppose. Taken out of context, it would be hard to know whether this i

> The rich decides what needs funding while the poor, well, they do poor people stuff I suppose. Taken out of context, it would be hard to know whether this is a criticism of the public sector or private. > If you dislike the way the government spends money then you elect a different one. If you don't manage to do that then maybe "the public" doesn't disagree so strongly with the way the money is spent. Taken at face value, believing that this is how it works realistically is quite similar to the impractical beliefs of pure, staunch libertarians. Not that I take one side or the other, because I reside in the middle, but surely you can understand why people think governments are worse at things, waste more, and actually give individuals less control over where their dollars are spent.