'Is that true?' is an important question for governments to answer for many reasons, but from a 'actually getting re-elected' perspective, 'will this fix the problem we need it to?' is, you know, mission critical.

This creates an extra layer of bureaucracy at great financial, social, and political cost. And it buys *nothing*.

It really is that simple. That article is one of the most mind numbingly dumb things I've ever read.

Quite apart from everything else, This paragraph of an "insider" using their access to state basic publicly reported facts was a highlight.