The opposing scale of regulation and efficiency.

[jfrog]

It seems to me the government is put down when it doesn't have enough regulation to prevent some wrong (for example regulations on spending government money at a friends company instead of at walmart even if walmart is just a little cheaper) from taking place. However, right after it adds such regulation then it is complained that the government is inefficient.

I think that the more we try to place regulations on the government or government programs to prevent wrong then the less efficient those programs will be.

However, I think there is a "sweet spot" such that if we regulate to a certain degree and not past that degree that the government and government programs will be fairly unlikely to do something wrong and still fairly efficient.

Just something to think about.