I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing.
The Bible is filled with intriguing stories about complex and flawed human beings who ponder immense moral questions and engage in colossal clashes with evil.
'This is how democracy works,' Barack Obama lectured the country before giving everyone the specifics of his expansive one-man executive overreach on immigration. If you enjoy platitudinous straw men but are turned off by open debate and constitutional order, this speech was for you.
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.
A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.