$280 Billion would fund the US govt for about 2 months
Then the spending pigs would be back at the trough for more
Yup. There’s plenty of money for constitutional government. Its all the other zero restraint spending that’s gone on for decades.
Just ignore the big things for a moment (Welfare, social security etc) and look at the thousands of little things we blow money on. Look at public transportation, bike paths that a tiny faction of us use but we all pay for. Even the little public gun range outside my little town got several thousand in stimulus funds. We spend money to promote industries that should be spending their own money to promote themselves. How much does it cost to operate the TSA, EPA, OSHA, the department of education and department of energy?