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It is not the government that is incompetent, that is an idea promoted by the right and the billionaires that fund both parties.
Why do so many Americans think the US has a huge crime problem? It is promoted by the same people. Statistics do not support it.
Where you been at buddy? As an American I can tell you the government is INDEED incompetent. The right didn't create that idea good God. George Bush was incompetent in 2000 and he was the right
The leadership is not the government. Leadership varies widely. The actual government workers and departments are different. Lot of very compitent people. There are questions of course. Big organizations tend to grow, how to address. What should be the priorites. Government cannot do everything. Mandates tend to grow. Polotics and money tend to corrupt. Like IRS, rich people do not want to pay their taxes so republicans always under fund.
If your talking presidents. Trump is the least comperent in my lifetime. Bush 2, first term not really there, second a lot better. Of course Raegon, Biden, and Trump got too old in office. The others back to the 70s which I lived through and was old enough to follow, mostly competent but all had issues of course. I am not rating these on whether I approve of their policies.