I did, and I stand by what I said. Mostly because 'egregious' isn't actually a measurement of a government's performance. It's entirely subjective.

You're ducking the actual question, then.

Howso?

Sorry, forget this subthread, my brain wasn't working as well it might. A part of my objection was better expressed by dragonwriter (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6066608) and I've replied there with the rest.