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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

But what if it is broken? How long would a rancher leave miles of fence blown over, exposing cattle to roaming across a highway or onto another person’s property? How long would an investor allow a small business to guzzle up funds without delivering a return?

The private sector knows if it is broken, you must fix it – and quickly – otherwise failure is imminent.

Government is shielded from the refining fire of staring failure in the face. As a result, it can seem that even if the government sees something broken, it just keeps doing the same old, familiar thin...