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>The whole thing that set this entire discussion off was the parent poster that stated everyone that implied the government was wasteful was a paid shill by bil
by thfuran 3y ago
>The whole thing that set this entire discussion off was the parent poster that stated everyone that implied the government was wasteful was a paid shill by billionaires.
No, it wasn't.
- brigadier132 3y agoSomeone made that claim and the original poster seems to believe that "government waste" is a myth.
- larkost 3y agoNo, please don't generalize like that. It is not clear which "original poster" you mean, but all of the ones in this chain seem to be arguing that there is waste, but that there is no evidence that the government is not inherently more wasteful in its spending than other large organizations. It is a common refrain in parts of the Republican Party that government spending is inherently wasteful, and we should make government more like companies, or alternately "small enough to drown in a bathtub". And this is the myth that is being addressed.
- thfuran 3y agoSomeone did make a claim approximately to that effect, but not a parent of this comment. It didn't start this discussion. And the you're mischaracterizing the comment about government waste as well.