> believe them too much I definitely agree. The public reaction to how "someone else's money is spent on someone else" is sometimes very passionate. e.g. feel

> believe them too much I definitely agree. The public reaction to how "someone else's money is spent on someone else" is sometimes very passionate. e.g. feelings about government funding for the proposed border wall, support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, Planned Parenthood, prisons, police military-grade weaponry, etc At the very least, in cases where value systems and ethical considerations come into play, people are extremely concerned about how government spends other people's money on other people. Furthermore, people have efficiency concerns: plenty of people in big cities like Los Angeles are very concerned about the way the city spends its money in general, given the state of the roads and streets, levels of crime and traffic, mediocre education, etc