Defense contractors, road works, entitlement fraud, politicians' unexplainable wealth, college tuition, learing centers, and the list goes on.
Manage the money properly.
Logically speaking, the solution is clear going forward:
1. Higher taxes 2. Reduced government spending
However, we are not willing to have these difficult conversations and are focused on appeasing people.
Also, lets put things in context -- here is a summary from Claude. Over the last decade, federal income taxes went down for nearly everyone in rate terms, but the percentage benefit was larger for high earners and corporations.