How would you feel if you had to cut your personal leisure expenses to save for something essential, and how does this mirror a government's budget decisions?

if the thing i had to save up for was really important to me and was super essential i wouldnt be that upset about pasing my leisure expenses to save up. this mirrors a governments budget decision because the government has the right to take away our leisure expenses in a way for example making taxes higher could cause us to have less money for "leisure expenses"

The idea that the U.S. budget should mirror the "family budget" is a vast oversimplification. The US gov't is one of the most powerful financial forces in the world, and debt doesn't mean the same thing for them as it does as
for a family.

This is what I do, and it should be a standard everywhere.

I think sometimes cutting back is necessary and worth it.