All of the welfare budget together (of which some fraction might be waste or fraud) is only a small fraction of the governments budget. Corporations the size o

All of the welfare budget together (of which some fraction might be waste or fraud) is only a small fraction of the governments budget. Corporations the size of governments are equally inefficient. Finally, one major way we could make government more effective is to institute a public, national id number and allow data sharing between between agencies. But we don't trust our own government enough to do that. (Many civilized countries do, and it works great for them)