Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to do it.
When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.