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Why does that necessitate a haphazard approach? It's surely still possible to make a detailed assessment and prioritise properly?

BobbyJo 2y ago
1) A large portion of the government is unable to pass a simple audit. 2) The fundamental basis of government department budgeting is "spend everything you get or you'll get less next year". No department will willingly spend less.
- danparsonson 2y ago
  I don't understand how either of those assertions answers my question. 1) Having a lot of problems doesn't mean you have to throw up your hands and take a totally unstructured approach to solving them. 2) So work on setting realistic budgets instead of slashing and burning things at random. The problem with both of these is that they require people who a) know what they're doing and b) really want to make things better. The new US administration does not appear to fulfill either of those requirements.
  - BobbyJo 2y ago
    > Having a lot of problems doesn't mean you have to throw up your hands and take a totally unstructured approach to solving them. Having a lot of problems for a long time generally means other attempts have failed. > So work on setting realistic budgets instead of slashing and burning things at random. According to prior governments, the current budget is realistic. According to the current admin, a slashed and burned budget is realistic. > The problem with both of these is that they require people who a) know what they're doing and b) really want to make things better. The new US administration does not appear to fulfill either of those requirements. We ran a deficit the whole way through the greatest economic expansion since the post WW2 era. IMO no admin in the last 25 years has fulfilled those requirements.
    - danparsonson 2y ago
      OK - I guess we'll see!
      - BobbyJo 2y ago
        Probably not. I have almost no faith that Musk won't cause more harm than good.

BobbyJo 2y ago

1) A large portion of the government is unable to pass a simple audit. 2) The fundamental basis of government department budgeting is "spend everything you get or you'll get less next year". No department will willingly spend less.

danparsonson 2y ago
I don't understand how either of those assertions answers my question. 1) Having a lot of problems doesn't mean you have to throw up your hands and take a totally unstructured approach to solving them. 2) So work on setting realistic budgets instead of slashing and burning things at random. The problem with both of these is that they require people who a) know what they're doing and b) really want to make things better. The new US administration does not appear to fulfill either of those requirements.
- BobbyJo 2y ago
  > Having a lot of problems doesn't mean you have to throw up your hands and take a totally unstructured approach to solving them. Having a lot of problems for a long time generally means other attempts have failed. > So work on setting realistic budgets instead of slashing and burning things at random. According to prior governments, the current budget is realistic. According to the current admin, a slashed and burned budget is realistic. > The problem with both of these is that they require people who a) know what they're doing and b) really want to make things better. The new US administration does not appear to fulfill either of those requirements. We ran a deficit the whole way through the greatest economic expansion since the post WW2 era. IMO no admin in the last 25 years has fulfilled those requirements.
  - danparsonson 2y ago
    OK - I guess we'll see!
    - BobbyJo 2y ago
      Probably not. I have almost no faith that Musk won't cause more harm than good.