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346 sats \ 4 comments \ @Undisciplined 29 Nov econ
By Vincent Cook
We hear of many schemes to promote government “efficiency.” The problem is that the very nature of government makes “efficiency” impossible.
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32 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 29 Nov
Another one where you got me by about half an hour. Mises points out that running a business and running a bureaucracy are two totally different regimes. If Musk wants to make agencies and bureaucracies more efficient, he’s is better off taking them totally private and then running them as businesses. I don’t know if he will get the chance to do that though, there is too much opposition to that.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 29 Nov
Exactly right. Any part of the government that does something useful, needs to be spun off into a private enterprise, with no special protections. The first step is just to remove all the barriers to entry faced by potential competitors to the government.
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124 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 29 Nov
YES!! The big problem is that NPCs will always ask, “Without the government doing __________, how will it get done?” They do not realize that those things always got done before the strongest gang government took over the chore! Roads, railroads and education are some of the best example of this.
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 29 Nov
Government is ineffective and inefficient by design as far as I can see.
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