> the "drops in the bucket" mindset is the problem, the federal government absurdly overspends The federal government almost certainly does absurdly overspend,

> the "drops in the bucket" mindset is the problem, the federal government absurdly overspends The federal government almost certainly does absurdly overspend, but you’re missing the point: all of these drops in the bucket add up to far less than the deficit. Also, for better or for worse, operating departments efficiently may well be the executive branch’s job, but setting all these budgets is Congress’s job, not the executive branch’s. In fact, Congress tried, not all that long ago, to allow the President to veto specific line items, and the Supreme Court struck it down: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._City_of_New_York https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._City_of_New_York