"Most people see a number $6 Trillion and something breaks inside them.
What they don't realize is maintaining infrastructure is expensive."
It breaks all our brains too, because that $6 Trillion has very little to do with maintaining infrastructure. The bulk of it is just direct payouts (Social Security, Medicare and defense contracts).
Pretty frustrating that this big number means the government is politically forced to do drastic austerity for things like keeping planes flying safely.
Also, makes DOGE starting at USAID (<1% of budget) look especially incompetent.
It breaks all our brains too, because that $6 Trillion has very little to do with maintaining infrastructure. The bulk of it is just direct payouts (Social Security, Medicare and defense contracts).
Pretty frustrating that this big number means the government is politically forced to do drastic austerity for things like keeping planes flying safely.
Also, makes DOGE starting at USAID (<1% of budget) look especially incompetent.