It wasn't vague and your reply demonstrates you knew exactly what I was talking about. The wealth of the US is not some collective pot of gold to be spent on X

It wasn't vague and your reply demonstrates you knew exactly what I was talking about. The wealth of the US is not some collective pot of gold to be spent on X. It is owned by individuals and if you take it, spending on X is a mere detail. You are just arguing for Y instead of X.