Government Incompetence

This cluster centers on debates criticizing the government's inefficiency, incompetence, and inability to handle issues effectively, with commenters expressing skepticism about its capabilities.

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Sample Comments

kajecounterhack Nov 15, 2007 View on HN

The government tends to...mess things up like this...Just saying.

JoeAltmaier Sep 28, 2023 View on HN

Assumes 'the government' is effective and focussed. Mine can't get the garbage picked up on time. Not gonna worry about that one.

liminal Jan 27, 2021 View on HN

This seems like a failure of government.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF Nov 17, 2024 View on HN

"Government can't do anything right. Elect us and we'll prove it."

the gov't isn't as sophisticated as we would like to believe.

rrose Jul 8, 2021 View on HN

i would be interested in hearing how you think the government is at fault for this

eeh Jun 30, 2020 View on HN

Ah, the classic "the government cannot do a good thing, therefore this must be a bad thing".

osipov Apr 29, 2021 View on HN

>>so that the government doesn't have to fix anythingsounds like you are naive to how the government works

vrikhter Feb 22, 2011 View on HN

This is the government we're talking about, there's no way they can factor these type of things in :)

jbay808 Nov 8, 2019 View on HN

Sounds like you need a better government!