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Originally Posted by peter12
An already bloated public service farming out work to consultants is a problem, but I'm not sure that it's really partisan. It's just another sign that our federal government has grown sclerotic and ineffective. This is a significant problem that all parties need to come together to address.
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Absolutely right, but there's no chance that our political parties will work together to identify and address this issue. Instead they will alternate using it to attack each other, while also using the bloated budget because of all this excess to hide their handouts and political hires.
I think about this often. It would be great if you could collapse the whole bureaucracy and just start over. But, without collapsing it it's hard to understand what parts are absolutely vital to the functioning of our nation and what's just along for the ride.