I don't think that getting rid of most of the people who perform careful cost-benefit analysis and inspect for waste, and switching to a model of just cancelling everything and waiting to see what goes on fire, is "making the country a little better each day".

Opinions vary widely on whether that is the case.

Better for who exactly? Malware authors?

You've put your faith in the wrong people.

I don't know if this is a Poe's Law situation or not, so apologies if this is a satirical bit, but I'm horrified by the idea that you may be serious.

Poe's Law overflow detected

Actually idiots could still end up make improvements. Won’t stop them from being idiots. But what the commenter is saying is the ones who recklessly cut programs trashing away all the effort that went into the program are idiots. They are trying to make a thriving government have a reputation for failure and unreliability.