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I don’t know where you got that information from on the level of social spending, but according to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the US is far behind most Western nations in the amount it spends on social services and programs: Social Expenditure - Aggregated data.In 2016 the US trailed Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Japan and Canada aren’t included because there is no data for 2016, but I’m sure they would just add to the list.I suspect much of the differential is due to universal heath care in most of those countries, so they are obviously getting a lot for their spending.I won’t ask you if, now that you know that your premise is wrong, would you admit that Conservatives have no idea what they are talking about. And the reason I won’t ask you that, even though I clearly believe it, is because the amount that any one country spends, absent any other relevant data, tells us nothing about the efficacy of that spending.So if you want to keep propagating the myth of wasteful and inefficient social spending, perhaps it might be helpful if you actually provided some data. I know you have attached two links showing how the government wastes money (what a shock), but these links don’t segregate social spending from other forms of government spending, much of which is propagated as much by Conservative Republicans as it is by Liberals. You, however, have conveniently conflated all government waste with social spending, then used the fact that waste exists to castigate Liberals for essentially being too stupid to see your point. Here’s a fine example from your own list:“The Transportation Department will subsidize up to $2,000 per flight for direct flights between Washington, D.C., and the small hometown of Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY) -- but only on Monday mornings and Friday evenings, when lawmakers, staff, and lobbyists usually fly. Rogers is a member of the Appropriations Committee, which writes the Transportation Department's budget.”Or this one:“Members of Congress have spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars supplying their offices with popcorn machines, plasma televisions, DVD equipment, ionic air fresheners, camcorders, and signature machines -- plus $24,730 leasing a Lexus, $1,434 on a digital camera, and $84,000 on personalized calendars.”And my personal favorite, as it reflects Republican spending priorities:“More than $13 billion in Iraq aid has been classified as wasted or stolen. Another $7.8 billion cannot be accounted for.”That’s not my idea of social spending (especially the last one — blaming any waste from the Iraq War on Liberals is a bit disingenuous, no?). In addition, if you look at most of the amounts listed here, they are paltry sums, often one-time expenditures, spread out of several years. For $4 tr budget they hardly make a dent.So, almost no examples of wasteful social spending, a lot of small superficial, misguided, or corrupt examples of waste, but nothing tying these specifically to “Liberals”.Now if you want to do a cost benefit analysis demonstrating how Liberal social programs provide no value whatsoever, please feel free to do so. Here, I’ll help you with some examples.Most prominently, of course, are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. You know, socialized retirement and health insurance. I know many conservatives just loathe these programs, but good luck getting those Red state voters to give them up. Of course, Medicare is one of the most cost efficient providers of medical coverage in American, and most historians believe that Social Security played an important role in reducing poverty among the aged, but I suppose those are subjective measures.Then there’s my favorite, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which is a federally owned corporation that provides all kinds of services, including power generation, flood control, and navigation to those reliably Red states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, plus others like Georgia and North Carolina. It played a major role in regional recovery during the Great Depression, and in economic development since. If you think that was a waste, then show us how.Education: Cost of attending the University of California are about $25,000 per year; State University of New York about $15,000; University of North Carolina, about $25,000. Even University of Texas, $21,000. Harvard? $60,000. Yale? $64,000. Stanford? $63,000. In the 1970s the costs of the state schools was far, far lower (even accounting for inflation). It’s not surprising that college loan debt ballooned as these costs skyrocketed, and they skyrocketed because the aid was cut.I would say social spending can be a real bargain.