[XorNot]

I'm sure years to decades of anarchy would kill very few children and the elderly. /s

[coldtea]

Yeah, because shutting down an ineffective bureucracy and replacing it with a new organization necessarily leads to chaos and mayhem /s

And obviously sustaining an ineffective bureaucracy can never itself lead to the deaths of children and the elderly /s

[paulryanrogers]

Is the government becoming less opaque and more effective?

I guess if the goal is to harass innocent Hispanics and deport fewer criminals then effectiveness is on the rise!