In a sense, government is like medical care, the first question is "how do we make this right", then you see if you can afford it, or what tradeoffs you have to make. So having it is second to actually looking at the problems.

Why do we single out Government for this treatment? We don't generally say "Look at that homeowner, with that mortgage, the just can't help spending more than they have." We certainly don't say that about startups raising funds, either...

Where does it actually say they are deficit spending? I see the total budget is like $227B but I don't see the total intake. I even did some quick googling could find that number.