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My personal opinion is that the US government is mostly incompetent, and its employment structure incentivizes laziness and waste. Any expansion of government i
by IAmWorried 5y ago
My personal opinion is that the US government is mostly incompetent, and its employment structure incentivizes laziness and waste. Any expansion of government into the lives of the people is bound to backfire. The rich would just find a new way to hide their money, the food programs would be taken advantage of, etc. I think we already spend more per student than any other country, and our public education is mostly a joke. But to each their own, I get the sentiment behind these programs.
- AlexandrB 5y ago> My personal opinion is that the US government is mostly incompetent This is not some natural state of a affairs and more a matter of intentional policy[1] by one (and sometimes both) major parties. Consider the recent attempts to fuck up the USPS. If you rewind ~60 years you find the US government sending people to the moon on extremely short timelines and building the foundations of the internet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
- IAmWorried 5y agoYeah, the situation is unfortunate. I don't really see a way out though, because government salaries are just not able to compete with the private sector - how is the government going to attract good people? Let's be honest here - our world is headed towards "Snow Crash". All you can do is hope you land in a good burbclave.