Govt. spending is a ratchet that only goes one direction, replacing dysfunctional agencies costs jobs and makes political enemies. Reform might be more practical, but much like people, very hard to reform an agency that doesn’t want to change. You’d be talking about sustained expenditure of political capital, the sort of thing that requires an agency head who’s invested in the change and popular enough with both parties to get to spend a few administrations working at it.
Edit: I answered separately above with regards to private industry.
Can someone destroy my hope early by giving me the Molochian reasons why this change hasn’t been made already and never will be?
Govt. spending is a ratchet that only goes one direction, replacing dysfunctional agencies costs jobs and makes political enemies. Reform might be more practical, but much like people, very hard to reform an agency that doesn’t want to change. You’d be talking about sustained expenditure of political capital, the sort of thing that requires an agency head who’s invested in the change and popular enough with both parties to get to spend a few administrations working at it.
Edit: I answered separately above with regards to private industry.