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> If even the government is forced to turn a constant profit on its programs and to avoid anything that might look like a boondoggle Exhibit A of government bo
by avmich 7y ago
> If even the government is forced to turn a constant profit on its programs and to avoid anything that might look like a boondoggle
Exhibit A of government boondoggle program is most expensive NASA programs. SLS (Space Launch System) - and its predecessors have spent so much that humanity could have a sizeable buzzing town on the Moon for that kind of money.
The problem is that government both too afraid of responsibility in some places and very irresponsible in others, and there is no working mechanism to timely deal with that.