More like: you were lied to and mislead by bad actors. Aka, the Republican Party and its associated media

Malarkey, San Francisco tried to spend $1.7M on a single-stall toilet. There's plenty of blame on both sides, and much of the mud they throw at each other is true.

Again, if you are someone who can barely afford gas and hear about this... you don't care about strict principles, you just want to set those in power on fire. You're also not going to be easily convinced the government cares about spending your tax dollars wisely, or that all of this planning and research and science is worth it.