[dexter89_kp3]

Small government != efficient government.

A government can spend billions of dollars efficiently.

As an example look at current COVID rapid testing kits. The US government is purchasing them at 4x the cost in other developed economies. California gave away $31 billion dollars in unemployment benefits to criminals.

This is what frustrates me. I am happy paying 40% tax as long as I see it making a difference in society.

[tmcw]

Check out the investigation that Reagan pursued, the one in which he coined the phrase "Drain the swamp" and anchored the rest of his small-government ideas:

> Be bold and work like tireless bloodhounds, don't leave any stone unturned in your search to root out inefficiency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grace_Commission

You can find something similar in nearly every administration in the last 20 years. Want a Democratic example? Here's Al Gore on Letterman, talking about how government ashtrays are too expensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHyK3aUvJs

You can totally argue that government should be more efficient - and there are lots of people interested in that area, many of whom work for governments. But thinking that nobody is interested, or nobody is campaigning, or nobody is trying to create efficiency, is unbelievable.