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> I have a theory that for a long time now Australia has been "too rich" in the sense that government inefficiency and waste effectively aren't perceived as imp
by Terry_Roll 5y ago
> I have a theory that for a long time now Australia has been "too rich" in the sense that government inefficiency and waste effectively aren't perceived as important and is simply being ignored.
I think it exposes the stupidity of those in Govt, they view their waste "pet projects" as GDP enhancing but they dont realise they could have simply given the money to someone on the street and got a better return on investment and a greater boost to GDP over the long term. The flip side is its stealth repression using authority.
- jiggawatts 5y agoIn some cases it's true that excessive/wasteful government spending is just another kind of business subsidy. A well-known example is the US space program, which basically exists just to keep some specialised defence contractors afloat in between wars. The problem I see with Australian government (or any foreign government) overspending on IT, is that much of that money goes off-shore back to US-based IT vendors like Microsoft. It isn't "recycled" back into the local economy.
- Terry_Roll 5y agoAnd an obvious support of US based IT vendors, is the use of Google's I'm not a Robot test, a streetview surveillance category program disguised as AI training? But then when considering US antivirus spam filter vendors necessitated the need for I'm not a Robot, was/is this simply the US shaking down the rest of the world or at least western civilisations to dominate like the US does in NATO?