Theirs shouldn't even be AS GOOD as ours. We produce wealth and our segment of society could survive if theirs didn't exist. We might not like certain things about it, but we could survive. They CANNOT survive without us. We create the wealth that pays for their cars, houses, food, health care, etc.
We must exist for them to exist, while the reverse is not true.
That’s why our Local. And federal governments are “prone” to run deficits..our employees looking out for themselves.