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> This is touted as "small govt" Small government doesn’t have anything to do with outsourcing functions. Small government is about not doing those things to b
by jonhohle 5y ago
> This is touted as "small govt"
Small government doesn’t have anything to do with outsourcing functions. Small government is about not doing those things to begin with.
There is definitely a case to be made for a government, big or small, tracking a pandemic. I’m not arguing it shouldn’t. Outsourcing that function to a contractor, however, does not “shrink” the role of government.
- throwawaygh 5y agoSmall government is absolutely the pretense. The contracts go to software/it services companies that are connected at the state government level. WWT comes to mind.
- machinerychorus 5y agoRight, that's what I'm trying to say. As another commenter put it, > Govt doing the same things but having them done by contractors does not make it "smaller". There's a crucial distinction between "privatization of govt" and "smaller govt" which usually gets lost in the public discourse.