It's not government spending as an absolute number, it's who - specifically which class - benefits from the money. It's the difference between building useful

It's not government spending as an absolute number, it's who - specifically which class - benefits from the money. It's the difference between building useful infrastructure and giving a huge handout to a billionaire who is already one of the richest people on the planet. The US generally leans authoritarian, and bullying at all levels is endemic. That includes the nominal "left", although the far right in the US tends to be far worse. Because while the US left is irrational about a few things, the US far right is hopelessly irrational about almost everything - and armed with it.