With my usual keen and perceptive insight, I have noted that a great many people seem to have a subconcsious notion that government is some sort of big physical being with its own source of wealth. Wrong.
In its nature government is akin to a corporation: "...an artificial being - invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law." (In fact, some governmental organizations are corporations.)
As such, government's affairs are conducted by fallible human beings who are no smarter than the rest of us, and certainly not qualified to manage or regulate the ongoing activities of three hundred million individuals of varied origins and backgrounds, multitudinous opinions and differing objectives. Nobody is that smart.
Government has no independent source of wealth. It gets its wealth from taxes and borrowings, and redistributes it in various ways. Often it gets a return for its disbursements, e.g. military service; in other cases, such as grants and similar disbursements, it doesn't get any return.
Moral: Take everything with a grain of salt and vote for those who at least claim fiscal responsibility.
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