Comment by AnthonyMouse
11 years ago
To be fair, nobody really complains about the CDC or the local water treatment plant, and none of that stuff consumes an inordinate amount of tax dollars.
Most of the things people complain about are at least nominally legitimate. We spend too much money on healthcare (and thus medicare), and too much money on the military, and in consequence the taxes on the middle 80% are too high. The Department of Education micromanages local schools excessively. There is too much bureaucracy in general. These are legitimate complaints.
I don't disagree there is waste. I would say there are people who complain about non military spending though.
They might not complain about them, but they do take them for granted.