> In the private sector, we are responsible for our money and that of our investors who are contributing it voluntarily.
So how much is Zuckerberg personally responsible for after wasting what, 90 billion on the stupid metaverse?
> That ain't true of the government, and all that "care" and "budgeting" could just as easily be called administrative overhead and bloat.
So just to be clear; if the government tries to do accounting and budgeting, that’s administrative bloat, and if it doesn’t, that’s wasting money with no accountability?
Not that either scenario describes any part of the government I’ve ever seen I'm just illustrating clearly that you’re operating from the perspective of “the government spending money on anything is always waste” irrespective of what the money is being spent on.
We don't have to care how much money Zuckerberg wastes. Do you lie awake at night wondering how much money I waste?
I've worked on government contracts. Yes, there are piles and piles of administrative overhead heaped onto everything that gets done (with a material budget).
Can we even call what the government runs on these a ... "budget" with "accountability"? LOL