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Smaller countries are like startups, can move fast and fix things. USA is bogged down legacy provider in this case taking ages to get a small change through the

• masklinn 5y ago
  The biggest impediment to modernising anything is that one of the US two parties is resolutely against anything government-related working better, and the other one is at best wishy-washy about it. EBT doesn’t have to be a disaster, and programs don’t have to be means-tested, they’re designed that way on purpose.
  • Chris2048 5y ago
    > against anything government-related working better I think there's some injected subjectivity/interpretation here: You don't get the concrete option to "make something better", you get the option to "spend money on something" with the aim of making it better. These aren't always the same, and sometimes reform (the implied power to change things that comes with new funding) can make things worse.