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> Why can't we, like, hire good people to oversee this stuff? Pay them competitive wages. If they're corrupt, prosecute the corruption.

The important thing about private industry is that everyone's job is dependent not just on doing their job well but also on the company doing well.

Government programs can become corrupt because they can't fail. If a private company was giving out bloated do nothing contracts to their spouses nephew, they'd go out of business.