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Sure. Maybe it might also lighten the government load so they can be more competent in other more valuable areas than spending their time policing and adjusting social security.

I think governments needs help sometimes, they're not experts at everything, one of the reasons why it is important to have a strong independent sector that is neither profit- nor politically-party driven.

Is that not what thee various departments are for?

Maybe they just seem to hyperfocus on that because it's "easy" (at least to push perception around on if not deal with the actual problem) unlike a lot of the other things?