I think this is the challenge. Balancing efficiency and contributions. If government is over-budgeted, it can become lazy, tempted to put some of it in their p

I think this is the challenge. Balancing efficiency and contributions. If government is over-budgeted, it can become lazy, tempted to put some of it in their pockets, etc. Under-budgeted, it can break down, such as what is hapenning to Greece. That's just a hard problem honestly. With no clear answers. That said, I do feel in the US, people don't actually want the government to give them anything. They're against having it offer affordable health-care, or education, or child care, or paternity/maternity leaves, or environmental safeguards, or proper water cleaning facilities, or art projects, or fund research, etc. So on one hand people are dismissive of most things the government could provide. But on the other hand, the money is still collected in taxes, it just goes in other things. I think it hurts priority discussions a bit. It would be one thing to say, cut taxes. But it's another to say, given the current budget, don't spend it on anything nice, because that would be too communist of us. So where does all the money go then? Military?