Yes these were the rules. And then the rules changed. Now people don't need an education as what are they going to do with that education if there are no jobs. There is no need for more productivity because there are no more jobs, the robotic algorithms are already designed to auto-optimize and so they are as efficient as can be. Health care eats most of the the budget because people are old and don't want to die. etc. etc. </hypothetical future>