I’d like to see the complete document that Fuentes quote was taken from, if you have it. While the sentiment is believable enough, I have trouble taking seriously the “gonna” and “cuz” usage.
Congressional testimony on video.
There are countless such instances that I can recall from my work for the federal government, almost on a daily basis, but I won't bother trying to win your confidence. In summary, however, I had to come to grips with this kind of mentality at high management levels that government spending is an intrinsically beneficial exercise, no matter the consequences. I was sometimes ridiculed and sometimes seen as an enemy for striving to execute projects in a cost effective manner, or to produce a non-catastrophic result. As the Inspector General described my experiences to me, it was truly Kafkaesque.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne…-control-behaviour-covid/
The nature of government is that it is an organ of expedience to handle things that cannot be effectively managed by what was called "private sector", i.e. profit making or charitable groups. These are fading fast. They were far from perfect, but they had very limited power and criticizing them would probably not result in getting canceled. Problems with government being THE problem solver are too many to list here. Why would scientists use bogus computer models or exaggerate dangers that inflame the public? If you want a grant renewed, you support the dominant narrative. It becomes habitual and leads to groupthink (or consensus) science, which sure makes for team work, but teams, as important as they are to science, are not science.
When I first heard the phrase, "crisis management", I assumed it meant managing a crisis, but the ominous tone used in that phrase by more senior staff told me that my interpretation was naive. Here is an expression of similar sentiment, which you have no doubt heard previously.