In my state alone and in 2023, DOJ funding was $4.4 Billion.
This morning while reading a garbage article about
TSec Bessent and forward treasury sales I got to thinking about the % of Fed / State / Muni / 501C employment in my state. Public employment in my state is 35%, while Non Profit employment is 11% of total employment. I'd bet your state is roughly the same.
America doesn't produce much for all the money that sloshes around. Our entire economy and way of life is predicated on expansion of debt - which requires a willing buyer.
If you aren't, you really ought to start gaming out what happens when the money spiget turns off.