Terry Gilliam at his absurdist best

Brazil feels very much on point. Authoritarian regime spurring the need for ever-more elaborate and absurd workarounds in an attempt to maintain dignity.

Also: Robert Deniro's appearance as the heroic, anti-fascist HVAC repairman is classic.

Well, duh. Because we built that big, beautiful wall.

This is what they're after. This is why you disassemble critical, successful, efficient agencies: there's no good way to compete with them, so you build a wall around their value and charge admission.

The public good be damned.
(6/6)

"was, in effect, trying to force the U.S. taxpayer to pay all over again for what the National Weather Service might be able to tell him or her for free."
(5/6)