It is especially depressing if you are aware of how much money we are spending overseas in other countries and how stupid many of those things are.
Then when we try to stop that, people whine like it is a horrible thing.
It is much like shoving food into someone elses mouth, and barely eating yourself. When you stop people complain you are not feeding that other person.
How long can you go without feeding yourself? What toll will it take on your health?
The same can be said of our people, and our infrastructure if we are busy propping up other nations at the expense of our own.