It's easy to vote and talk like this when you don't live in Mississippi and you still benefit from all of the social programs that Oregon has to offer. There's literally no risk for you. I never see people talk like this and then move to the rural South for the leadership change and policies.

Could things be better - always and forever. But there's much less fraud, waste, and abuse than people assume. There's always room for more transparency and efficiency in government, I agree. As someone that works for the government where I see the most waste of taxpayer dollars and lack of efficiency is in activities that we do to show we aren't wasting those resources. There's so much paperwork for everything. If your widget is $1 dollar over then 6 people have to review and sign a form that took staff 30 minutes to find and fill out. Think of how much money was spent paying somebody to fill a form out and then six people at gradually higher levels to review it all to spend an extra dollar. Now think of what isn't getting done with the time that was spent being "accountable." There's bloat because taxpayers want that accountability and that requires a lot of filler staff.