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0 pointslumost9mo ago0 comments

Every organization is dysfunctional, the only question is whether its more functional than the alternative. This applies to private enterprises (metaverse anyone?) as well as the government.

After 50+ years of budget cuts, what makes us think that the solution is more budget cuts?

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gottorf9mo ago

> After 50+ years of budget cuts, what makes us think that the solution is more budget cuts?

What 50+ years of budget cuts? US federal expenditure per capita has been steadily rising for decades, with a gargantuan explosion during Covid and steeply climbing thereafter.

no_wizard9mo ago

The US political establishment, particularly at rhetoric federal level, has become a “whims of the in charge” bureaucracy that can’t fulfill itself to the point that every day Americans feel their impact - positive or negative.

sorcerer-mar9mo ago

Or, like good design, a decent bureaucracy is invisible.

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