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"The belief that good governance can be engineered—that there’s a correct way to govern, some set of magical processes that, if followed, will achieve optimal results—is what led cities to outsource core functions to consultants and nonprofits in the first place. And replacing one bloated public-private technocracy with a slightly more efficient public-private technocracy doesn’t solve this fundamental problem."
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Blue States being beholden to public unions nearly explains all the dysfunction – they are set up to fail. It’s why right to work states are better in near every meaningful metric.
Good article, thanks for sharing. The comments were interesting too. Quite defensive, but not arguing that things were actually well-run. More like variations on the “You just don’t understand how hard it is” theme.
Wonderful article! I think a strongly-related problem is the unashamed mismanagement of taxpayer money, either directly by the government employees (city, county, etc.) or by the contractors.