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by rlpb 488 days ago
> It provides a lot of jobs to people who are otherwise unemployable.

You seem to be implying that this is a desirable property of government. I don't think that's true, and I think that the Broken Window Fallacy applies to your argument.

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

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Perhaps inefficiency is not desirable, but it should be deliberative. These rash, uninformed actions will have consequences.