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Re:The CDC waited 'it's entire existence for this moment.' W... by delecti on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:31PM (#23408298)
Cynically? The best way to show the government is useless, and thus to justify cuts, is to make the government be useless.
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Re:The CDC waited 'it's entire existence for this moment.' W... by sq_ on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:21PM (#23408941)
Case in point: the USPS. It's the Republican "starve the beast" strategy [0] (of course, not limited to the US, just commonly seen here).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast

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