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It's not only "no skin in the game", it's also "in the game to lose". For instance, Democratic victories in the US are really great for GOP fundraising. Given the choice between no job in a Trump administration, and a sinecure complaining about the policies a President Clinton enacts, many of the GOP establishment prefer the latter.

This tends to engender some frustration.

A lot of government policy around things like welfare enrollment, security theater, or certain categories of crime follows similar incentives. "Solve the problem", especially in a cost effective way, and you're out of a job.



"Solve the problem", especially in a cost effective way, and you're out of a job.

Or redefine your mission. Which is what happened when there was a vaccine invented for Infantile Paralysis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_of_Dimes#Change_of_m...


March of Dimes was a almost pure fundraising / fund distribution organization - it's very easy for such organizations to change direction when their putative target changes.




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