The fact that the solutions to our problems are to simply go without for an indeterminate amount of time is a failure of leadership at the highest levels. Why

The fact that the solutions to our problems are to simply go without for an indeterminate amount of time is a failure of leadership at the highest levels. Why aren’t our governments funding “Manhattan Project” style programs for energy, food, medicine, etc. ? We should be fast tracking and fully funding dozens of nuclear power plants, desalination plants, etc. No, we can’t do that. But we can decide almost overnight to send billions of dollars to fight a corrupt proxy war which will greatly enrich defense contractors and government cronies.