My point was about “basic services” of government, as such “basic services” were once understood and practiced - public safety (police and fire), local courts, local roads (and in some cases trash pick-up services), sewer and water systems, local public schools, building permits - FIN.
I’m with you. But you and I do pay for those services. We don’t have an entitlement mentality about them. The ‘community development’ lady goes about giving things away to people who won’t pay for them.