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johndevorlast Monday at 4:13 PM6 repliesview on HN

Are you saying the government is an efficient allocator of resources?


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no-name-herelast Monday at 4:17 PM

Per the study we are discussing -- as well as the results from every single other developed country I believe? -- more efficient when it comes to healthcare, yes.

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GolfPopperlast Monday at 4:23 PM

The government does not have the peverse incentive of putting private profit above all other concerns.

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grim_iolast Monday at 4:25 PM

If that wasn't the case, DOGE would have found any waste worth looking at.

It was not for a lack of motivation or a lack of cut-throat pursuit, consequences be damned.

bobson381last Monday at 4:16 PM

it's that it's 1 Trillion less in incentivized middlemen. A la Graeber.