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The reality is that the details of how money is spent are in the hands of bureaucrats.

I trust the guy who wants to use his own money to build a legacy for himself. He has more motivation to get results than a government bureaucrat making decisions about spending someone else's money.

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This is entirely subjective. What about those who devote their lives to a cause and go into government? Your money is better than their passion? This line of logic would suggest mercenaries are always have more incentive than soldiers.

I know many people who work in government. They do their job and they take home their pay. Nothing more. If they became personally invested in the outcome of their work, they'd probably eventually quit, because they have little ability to actually make a difference.

Hey, did you know that's 95% of the private sector, too?

Indeed. Part of the difference is that I can start my own company in which I do have control. I cannot start my own government.

You trust the guy? Well, I don't. How about we vote on it.

Federal elections occur every two years. You've already voted on it.

The granularity of that vote was quite insignificant next to the scope of this issue, don't you think?

Well, to some extent I agree. But, the coarseness of the control of the citizens over the government in a representative democracy is part what causes government inefficiency. Unfortunately, extreme granularity in democracy has its own problems, so that's not easily solved.

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