system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
You'll likely get a lot of politicized answers here so I'll try to just provide the facts, as I've seen them.

Generally - liberals, democrats, progressives, leftists, and anyone that is left of "middle" are okay with social programs.  Most are okay with massive amounts of social programs. 

Generally - conservatives, republicans, far right, etc. are not okay with massive amounts of social programs.  They believe that the government should live within its means and/or that defense spending should be the priority.

For reference, the US spent $724,000,000,000 on JUST the interest of the national debt in 2022.  This is roughly the same as the US spends on the defense budget each year.  Yet this $724 BILLION is ***completely*** wasted.

No matter what "side" you're on, you have to realize that our national debt is a huge issue.  And is unsustainable.  I don't know what the solution is.  But it'll likely have to be drastic to be able to reign this in.

Edited:  To remove perceived bias.
gpt
It's not wasted, it's fed back into the economy as interest on bonds people bought.