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I don't see the problem here. The government doesn't need to be competent to design anything; the job of government is to control the funding and legalities, a
by magduf 8y ago
I don't see the problem here. The government doesn't need to be competent to design anything; the job of government is to control the funding and legalities, and contract with companies that can do the work. If the government isn't competent to hire a competent company, that's the government's fault, and by extension, the voters'. If the voters can't elect competent people to run their government, that's really OK: they're getting the government they deserve. If they're not competent enough to vote for decent government officials, they're not going to be competent enough to purchase service from good companies themselves either.
- foldr 8y ago>If the government isn't competent to hire a competent company In a small town, there may just not be anyone with the necessary knowledge and expertise. You can't vote for someone who doesn't exist.
- bryanlarsen 8y agoIn theory this should be simple: 1. find a similar town that has good municipal internet 2. ask them who did it for them 3. hire those people If everybody knows they are ignorant, you're probably OK. The big problem is in the towns where people think they have the expertise but don't.
- magduf 8y agoThe town has a government comprised of the people from that town. If there isn't anyone in the town smart enough to run for government who, as the other responder pointed out simply needs to look for other towns that did something similar and ask them how they did it and who they contracted with, then obviously the town is full of utter morons, and by definition, the democracy in that town is working as designed: the people are getting what they deserve.