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> bureaucratic complacency

It also could be a problem of elected officials and public complacency. Not to be partisan, but one political party has staunchly opposed almost all government spending and has single-mindedly reduced taxpayer investment in everything they could.

That same party (maybe not the parent), as part of the campaign to reduce government activity, says government is unavoidably incompetent and blames that for all problems. Part of that is blaming "bureaucrats" (a bad word, apparently). Perhaps the problem is those elected officials.

In this case I don't know, but a LinkedIn post by someone I don't know, filled with hyperbole, is not credible evidence either way.



> staunchly opposed almost all government spending

That's their public position but they actually did the opposite. Steering the money away from what's needed to special interests.


> they actually did the opposite

There have been massive cuts in large numbers of federal programs, and also at the state-level where the GOP has control.


Ah yes the ol' "blame the electorate".


If you vote for the party that promises to defund your public services, don't be surprised when your public services are defunded.


If you vote for the party that doesn't promise that, then they lose and a bridge falls on you, that's not surprising either. A case like this is an argument against democracy as much as a criticism of voters. We can't assert majority rule and then say that bad outcomes are just karmic.




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