But they were able to speed up the all the checks and balances they normally have to do because of the ungodly amount of money we as taxpayers showered them with /s
I know you're joking, but it's a common argument that I wanted to comment on.
If you have a teacher who you know only skims over your essays, do you spend as much time on them as you do for the teacher who you know reads each one thoroughly?
That's the dynamic at play here: people respond to incentives, and if they're incentivized to do good work they will. If they aren't, they won't. It won't happen immediately, but that will be the trend.
But they were able to speed up the all the checks and balances they normally have to do because of the ungodly amount of money we as taxpayers showered them with /s
I know you're joking, but it's a common argument that I wanted to comment on.
If you have a teacher who you know only skims over your essays, do you spend as much time on them as you do for the teacher who you know reads each one thoroughly?
That's the dynamic at play here: people respond to incentives, and if they're incentivized to do good work they will. If they aren't, they won't. It won't happen immediately, but that will be the trend.
As Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity says: "show me the incentives and I'll show you the outcomes".