Just write it off as "government thinking", which is rather a contradiction in terms. Sorta like "airline food".
There is neither incentive nor BusAd training to inculcate cost-effectiveness, and there's certainly no profit motive.
We had a similar problem in Texas. An overabundance of whitetail deer in some local areas. The wildlife folks finally agreed to a program of killing off excess deer on a year-round basis. Now, these deer belong to the state, right? That's what the Lege sez. Fine. So, in its infinite wisdom the state charges the ranchers money for the ranchers to go out and shoot and gut and butcher deer in order that the herd be made more healthy.
Pardon my cynicism.
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