Governments are public works projects basically to keep citizens employed, which is why they disproportionately hire veterans, for example. Running a governmen

Governments are public works projects basically to keep citizens employed, which is why they disproportionately hire veterans, for example. Running a government as lean as X would also inspire corruption amongst a myriad of other things. This is one reason government jobs are so "cushy", to disincentivize corruption. If the pitch given to Sahil was "Run the government like X" I'm even more ashamed he accepted the premise.