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by coding123 1140 days ago
I don't get this response, at all. It only saves money to have the govt directly build this stuff. I mean take a look at this:

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2016/09/post_183.html

If Oregon had directly hired software engineers they could have built that portal with probably a team of 6 in less time. If we continue making governments have to pay billions for shitty websites, then we'll continue to have to increase taxes and ... big government -> socialism.