From my view the absurdity is that people are concerned about why they arent being hosed equally by their own government’s revenue efforts instead of why they are being hosed at all

This leads to a greater absurdity of demanding that another country - that has a balanced budget - take money that it doesnt need by taxing its customers and being mad when they say no.

This requires a very special kind of hubris that I think people need to 1) recognize they have bought into 2) recognize that their neighbors don't subscribe to that train of thought and have been operating by a much more effective set of rules. So whatever you’ve been told is probably just a lie if it bothers you that this is usually legal.

I'm not saying it is practical for their own country to balance their budget, or that their own country and citizens/representatives have a consensus mechanism for having a more fair revenue system whether by taxation or otherwise. I am saying that has nothing to do with countries that have figured out how to fund themselves by offering financial services, or the people that use them.