America needs a bigger, better bureaucracy - by Noah Smith
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They're from the government, and they really are here to help.
America needs a bigger, better bureaucracy They're from the government, and they really are here to help. Noah Smith Oct 23, 2023 367 170 35 Share This is a picture of Deirdre Beaubeirdre, a character from the comedy sci-fi movie Everything Everywhere All At Once — an IRS auditor who hounds the immigrant protagonists mercilessly. I loved that movie, but I also thought Deirdre’s character was emblematic of a common and unhelpful way that Americans tend to think about the civil service. Ronald Reagan famously said that “the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Gov
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