The game is set up such that these quandaries are inevitable. This is a problem with capitalism and competitive markets. People bemoan the process and demonize those that have to balance financial pressure against other forces but the truth is, the result often goes unnoticed. We are all use to getting less than desirable results on a daily basis; it is just when a catastrophic failure occurs that we all start calling out from our soap boxes about how we should do better.

Aside, we all know safety and security are important, but we complain the other way too. How many people complain about how much we spend on defense as a country? The budget is reflective of the number of ways we need to defend ourselves and the number of ways we would need to overcome an adversary's defenses when we are on the offensive. That number grows as technology gets more advanced. The people involved in developing solutions are increasingly more specialized and salaries are getting higher. If we did nothing, somebody might drop a bomb on our head and we'd all wonder why we never spent money developing a defense.

TLDR: The world is funny and people complain about everything.