That is what happens when you slash taxation on the richest and allow inequality to explode. Your economies die, and your children don’t eat, and they wear thick jumpers, as I did, in the winter, and they shiver, with their families, in cold homes.
And that is why the propaganda starts early and you're a traitor to question the logic.
There's also war abroad they trumpet up every so often to deflect from any responsibility. It's always "get-out-free-of-consequences" card and people feel smug for arbitrary reasons or downright lies to have their tax sent to kill innocent people in thousands while the military complex rakes in billions. So they have been doing it time and again with great success.
"Thank you for your service"