[quote=The Nexerus]
If a man breaks into a house to commit a murder, he's not innocent of breaking and entering because he did something worse later on. The United States government spends a lot more on handouts than it does on foreign aid, so fiscally, it's a greater concern.
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And even more is spent on corporate subsidies. So perhaps we should focus on them before that. And since 2001 we've spent even more on wars that the public largely finds questionable. Yes, the US Government spends loads of money, but if how much we spend has a direct correlation with how much we care, it definitely looks like we care most about 1) War 2) Corporations .... and somewhere far lower, Education, and Welfare.

Additionally, in such cases, we often look at why they broke into the house and why they committed the murder. It may not directly benefit the assailant, but it does underscore systematic problems we could solve in order to prevent future crimes of desperation.