Keeping people alive is not only physical... it is mental well-being too.

The peace of mind and mental security that your government is not preying on you for example... this is also a type of being alive / being happy which I think is hidden and is deliberately not worked on or funded by governments and banks, because everything else would have to fall into that alignment (I see the current alignment and 'efficiencies' cutting out what people think or simply leaving them alone!