"I am all for a streamlined and lean State, but until that time, I'm happy for my side of the political aisle to waste money to accomplish its objectives." You

"I am all for a streamlined and lean State, but until that time, I'm happy for my side of the political aisle to waste money to accomplish its objectives." You might as well have just said that. How about we say all the things you listed are bad and we should fight against all of them, and not justify any based on the others? "Two wrongs don't make a right" - every parent to their children, basically.