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Our government is more funded than any other government on the face of the planet. It's that they're unbelievably terrible at prioritizing and budgeting.
by fortythirteen 9y ago
Our government is more funded than any other government on the face of the planet. It's that they're unbelievably terrible at prioritizing and budgeting.
- taeric 9y agoCites? I mean, at heart this is easy to agree with. We all want to think that there is waste. And there probably is a ton of it. The problem I have is the cost of fighting some waste is more expensive than it is worth. I realize this is about charity, but https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_abou... is one of the few TED talks I actually still like. I'd be very interested in seeing rebuttals. There is also the argument that corruption follows money. And that is certainly true. Doesn't do a lot to help the many people in underfunded locations of our nation.
- mrguyorama 9y agoBetter funded per capita? Scaled by GDP? By square mile? You can't just throw a claim out there and provide no details