In theory, the Good Science Project endorses the proposed Department of Governmental Efficiency that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been promoting now that Trump got elected.
I would love it if they asked experienced IRS leaders "what would a tax code look like such that you could effectively enforce and support it with half of your current workforce?" and then introduced legislation to implement such a radical simplification of the tax code.
But that would require a degree of cooperative capacity and political courage which this crew absolutely does not have.
Congressional "authorization" is actually a great example of government inefficiency. Our elected representatives spend months of negotiation and debate to come up with a number and then applaud themselves for doing so. But the process is totally meaningless, because they never actually appropriate the authorized amount.
The ultimate example of government efficiency would be deciding how much to spend on something (science, transportation, anything), putting someone in charge of spending the money and delivering the result, and getting out of the way.
Yes, I understand that. I am pointing out that "authorization" itself is a massive, pointless waste of time, resources, and attention, and therefore "government efficiency", properly considered, would remove it entirely.
I would love it if they asked experienced IRS leaders "what would a tax code look like such that you could effectively enforce and support it with half of your current workforce?" and then introduced legislation to implement such a radical simplification of the tax code.
But that would require a degree of cooperative capacity and political courage which this crew absolutely does not have.
Congressional "authorization" is actually a great example of government inefficiency. Our elected representatives spend months of negotiation and debate to come up with a number and then applaud themselves for doing so. But the process is totally meaningless, because they never actually appropriate the authorized amount.
The ultimate example of government efficiency would be deciding how much to spend on something (science, transportation, anything), putting someone in charge of spending the money and delivering the result, and getting out of the way.
You've got it backwards. Ramaswamy is talking about programs with appropriated funding but no authorization.
Yes, I understand that. I am pointing out that "authorization" itself is a massive, pointless waste of time, resources, and attention, and therefore "government efficiency", properly considered, would remove it entirely.