Let's discuss recruiting budgets

I think we can all agree the big difference between Alabama and everybody else is the talent level on their roster. They get top classes year in and year out. With Georgia knocking on the door in the last couple of years. Obviously winning championships helps with recruiting, but this also shows that $$ may be an even bigger factor. There's an obvious correlation between $ spent and recruiting success.

Here are the recruiting budgets from 2017 (most current I could find). Along with the % increase from previous year.(notice Georgia's big % increase coincides with their huge recruiting class last year)

14) University of Mississippi: $823,475 (7.3%)
13) Mississippi State University: $830,488 (14.7%)
12) Vanderbilt University: $936,370 (10.8%)
11) University of South Carolina: $948,678 (17.7%)
10) University of Missouri: $1,009,922 (14.9%)
9) Louisiana State University: $1,367,641 (7.1%)
8) University of Kentucky: $1,394,629 (-6.7%)
7) University of Florida: $1,401,267 (12.9%)
6) Texas A & M University: $1,515,148 (52.6%)
5) University of Arkansas: $1,585,500 (34.5%)
4) Auburn University: $1,594,488 (-3.6%)
3) The University of Tennessee: $1,914,153 (23.5%)
2) The University of Alabama: $2,227,636 (32.3%)
1) University of Georgia: $2,733,759 (51.9%)

So the top teams are spending double or almost double what we are and increasing it more every year. Why is this? is it because we focus on local kids? if so why is Georgia's so high? The state of Georgia is even more talent rich than LA.
And my next question is what is all the extra money spent on? (not talking about Dodge chargers and bag men, this is on the books expenses) do they have more people on staff for recruiting? blanketing more players with letters? casting out a wider net? Is it Saban flying in a helicopter to a practice instead of a limo? What are they doing that we aren't? Because it's working.

I think these questions need to be addressed- if we admit not having the talent level of alabama, then why are we only spending half as much $ on recruiting? Seems to me we should do the same as Georgia and double our efforts/financial support.