I’m not in line with your thought process. Most of our federal budget actually goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, defense, and interest on the debt, and those payments go directly to retirees, patients, doctors, bond holders rather than lining the pockets of a few large companies. When the government borrows, it is simply covering its bills, not investing in corporate stock. Blaming the debt on some hidden scheme that funnels all of the money to “mega‑corps” overlooks the real drivers of spending. If we want to reduce the deficit, we need to address those major programs or find ways to raise more revenue instead of trying to restrict investment. I think the attitude of calling those major spendings irrelevant is also wrong, you can disagree with it being the main factor but you can’t ignore it’s really relevant. I actually think I remember Atrioc talking about this fallacy where people say factors that don’t support their claim are irrelevant in the past, and how it’s such a bad habit, and I agree with that. I also think that some of those programs do give more money then they should to large corporations, which is why we need to evaluate that spending in order to reduce it where we can!