The functions of government are not like a start up or company. Getting these things wrong isn’t like a rocket crash or twitter going down. The government provides society scale services, and interruptions can trigger contagion. Doge stoping insurance payments to providers has already resulted in companies going out of business. There will be hospitals in rural communities that shut down, and the job losses will close gas stations and grocery stores and collapse housing prices. These things cascade.
They fired FAA staff (that was already understaffed) and plane crashes are increasing. I have several friends that have stopped flying due to distrust of the safety.
They fired the Department of Energy staff than monitors and prevents the international trade of nuclear materials and weapons. Do we really have the luxury of getting that wrong by running an experiment to see “what’s the minimum staff necessary”? Seems like a dumb cost benefit calculation.
They fired FAA staff (that was already understaffed) and plane crashes are increasing. I have several friends that have stopped flying due to distrust of the safety.
They fired the Department of Energy staff than monitors and prevents the international trade of nuclear materials and weapons. Do we really have the luxury of getting that wrong by running an experiment to see “what’s the minimum staff necessary”? Seems like a dumb cost benefit calculation.