No matter how noble the cause, the last thing I want to do is to provide more resources to ineffective, often abusive agencies. Reform first; show you can be e

No matter how noble the cause, the last thing I want to do is to provide more resources to ineffective, often abusive agencies. Reform first; show you can be effective without being abusive, and then we can talk about resources. This is true for many groups, public and private, and across all sorts of problem domains. I see it frequently in teams chartered to build software. You can always make the case “we can do more with more resources”. But I want to see that you can be effective with only modest resources first. I want to see that you can make a dent in the worst part of the problem with the resources you have. Too many groups of all sorts start with limited resources and focus on edge cases that don’t really do much to solve the problem that they’re chartered to solve. Such cases often are easier to address, or the solution is more obvious, or whatever- as other posters have said, it’s basic laziness. Hence, in the case of CPS, harassing people for minor issues. In commercial endeavors, it’s mainly just waste resources on projects that won’t really help anyone. In public endeavors, it’s much worse - it erodes trust in the system, and often victimizes people due to the power of the state.