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What we're seeing here is the dismantling of necessary and useful government functions by people who have no idea about the consequences of what they're doing.

I can't wait for them to come for GPS (run by DoD). All these people want to do is replace these government functions with a worse and more expensive private alternative but hey, someone gets to rent-seek massive profits, so that's OK. It's also a lesson in how for many things, them being run by a government entity is the best alternative.

If you want to see actual waste, how about a current sitting Senator and former Florida governor who, at the time, run a company that got the largest fine in history for defrauding Medicare to the tune of $1.7 billion [1], something for which nobody faced criminal prosecution.

[1]: https://www.factcheck.org/2014/06/floridas-medicare-fraud-fl...




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