There is plenty of money in our economy to pay for everything. Unfortunately, so much of the money is going to a few extremely wealthy individuals that there isn't enough left over to pay for our schools, infrastructure, or basic social services. The goal of the ultra-rich, of course, is to do away with the funding and the political will for any sort of regulation of their desire to fleece the economy even more. The rest of it is collateral damage or a sop to extreme right-wing Christian voters.

PDQ, tell me why a corporate executive deserves to make a thousand times more than I do. Tell me how their money in my politics isn't bribery. Tell me why so many very profitable corporations don't pay and taxes and get huge subsidies. Tell me why the people who are in a position to divide up the money always keep most of it for themselves. Tell me why there should be people flying between their eight homes in private jet liners while children are starving. Then tell me about how there's not enough money to pay for schools.