Honestly, I used to say the same thing when my background was mostly large multinationals, banks etc. But I’ve seen things in government contracts that are way beyond anything I came across in the private sector. If I extrapolate my experience across the rest of the government, it’s easy to imagine just how much money is being wasted, and most of it goes straight into the hands of huge consultancy firms.

And it makes sense right? The government is held to way more account than the private sector. Ass covering twinned with lack of accountability is rife. Huge amounts of money are thrown into projects that simply cannot fail or some aspect of the country risks complete shut down.

I’ve no idea what the fix is, but I believe there is an issue here that is unique to the government. Of course though, it’s so sad to think that people would turn to hate and fascism as any kind of solution.

Thanks for taking the time to write this. On the few occasions I’ve had insights to the scale of government waste it’s been eye watering. Of course, that doesn’t change anything about my views regarding trump and musk, but I agree with your point… How else could someone tackle a problem of this scale?

Regardless though, it was just nice to read a thoughtful point of view that counters the prevailing emotions on here

Sanding sanding and more sanding. One day I’ll get to do the fun bit and paint, but for today, it’s back to the sanding