[amanaplanacanal]

You seem to be arguing against yourself here. At the beginning you are arguing for small government and against throwing money at problems, and at the end you are saying that we can't get good government because salaries are too low.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

I think good salaries are necessary but far from sufficient. This blog seems good, here's a post on hiring in particular:

https://www.eatingpolicy.com/p/dear-mr-kupor-please-fix-fede...