I live very normally I go out with my friends we go to the movies I queue we go to restaurants.
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport the arts charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health social security defence pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports the arts the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.