[fshr]

maybe "barely doing anything" is better than doing nothing, though?

[LoganDark]

Below a certain threshold, throwing money at public services is just going to get it diluted. This may not necessarily be a bad thing on its own, but when even the smallest public project seems to cost way more, you're never going to know if your $10M investment helped, or if it just went into someone's paycheck.

[CapstanRoller]

Are private projects better? I've never heard of a private alternative to SNAP or Medicare or Section 8, nor any interest in creating such programs.

[hkt]

True - the UK's NHS was a product of people realising there would never be universal health care if it was left to the market.

[hkt]

Opex is a valid form of public spending. Paying people properly ensures they remain as public servants.