> The difference is private companies that accumulate too much waste and useless things can fail and be replaced Maybe they can, but they just as often don't.

> The difference is private companies that accumulate too much waste and useless things can fail and be replaced Maybe they can, but they just as often don't. How much 'waste and useless things' do you think is at Microsoft or Google, yet is financially insulated due to their outrageous success elsewhere.