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There are a number of essential services we need in society — education, roads, jobs, security, health care, and so on. Because these services are so essential, it’s become the norm to expect government to provide them, even when there are plenty of viable alternatives in the private sector. We all know the inferior quality of the public services in comparison to private ones, simply because private companies must produce results to stay in business, whereas poor performance in government not only goes unpunished but usually results in bigger budgets. But because we usually only hear large, raw numbers, it’s hard to picture just how much money is wasted. We can change that if we start using a per-item cost quote for each public service. For example, cost per student, cost per job, cost per health care patient, etc.

The American cost per student varies depending on the source used, but most are in the $18,000-$20,000 range. That doesn’t even factor in how much parents spend, nor corporate donations, or teachers’ own expenses. Regardless, if a home school teacher had 5 students for that cost, imagine how much better quality the learning would be, especially with all the free or low-cost material on the web. And he/she would receive a $100,000 salary to boot! The higher salary would likely draw more people to the teaching profession. It’s likely more small private schools and teaching cooperatives would form. The best performing ones would draw more students, while the poor performing ones would fizzle out. Schools could develop different specialties, such as science, technology, medical, or trades. Parents would have more say over the type of education their kids received as well as the values emphasized.

That’s just one example. You could apply the same reasoning to almost any government program. California annually spends $42,000 per homeless person. That amount is twice the federal poverty level income, and here’s the kicker, the homeless numbers increase every year! Jobs programs are another great example, You see these constantly at city, state, and federal levels. If you break down the cost,  you’ll almost always see astonishing numbers, such as $200k-$250k per job created. That’s money taken out of the private sector, which could be paid directly for 4-5 jobs, but since we know private companies are way more efficient, 5-10 new jobs isn’t out of the question. Still, politicians will brag how they created 10,000 jobs or whatever, with no one in the government-worshiping mainstream media breaking down the cost per job.

Wasteful government spending goes way beyond fraud and transgender mice. A DOGE-type analysis needs to be done at every level of government, breaking down the cost of every service as well as the benefits (if any), the same way private companies would do. My guess is if we really did this type of assessment, virtually nothing in government would justify the cost.

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