Social Security works because the federal government just needs to print checks. Well some contractor prints the checks. But will the government be responsible

Social Security works because the federal government just needs to print checks. Well some contractor prints the checks. But will the government be responsible enough to fund social security sustainably into the future? The US Space program is falling apart with NASA's SLS rocket failing basic tests and costing $20B. Oh and James Webb being delayed years and costing $10B (if it even works). The only bright light in American space programs is SpaceX and JPL. The $750B a year military machine is a huge waste of money which deserves a post on itself. Here's a terrible waste from Biden's Defense Secretary nominee https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-austin-us-trained-syrian-rebels-fighting-isis/story?id=33802596 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-austin-us-trained-sy... $500M for 4-5 actual fighters. I'm ok paying police and firefighters at the local level. The government bureaucracy gets worse and worse the further you get away from local government. I can go on.