I think the concern is more about sweeping black-and-white decisions about funding than funding decisions per se?

Also, discussions about "living within your means" almost always lead to questions about "who?" and "what is really leaving within your means?"

It's not just their deficit. The American economy is more diverse, productive and dynamic. For example, median income adjusted for cost of living was 32K in NZ and 48k in the US

Not relevant to this case. The amount of money involved is tiny and projects already were heavily weighted towards those with economic benefit

Exorbitant privilege won’t last forever.

Not all of us are in favor of trillion dollar deficits but we have almost no political power. :(