Everything is done on purpose. In politics nothing happens by accident.
I think it would be a big mistake to call the government incompetent. They appear to be, but on purpose. They do exactly what they want. They have thinktanks with the most brilliant minds in America working for them. They are everything but stupid. But by believing it is just incompetence, we are blind to see the real intentions behind it. They use incompetence as an excuse.

Same with wars. Does anybody really believe that Nikki Haley believes what she says? She might, but not her handlers. They have her say all this bullshit. That is not incompetence. Same with Trump and all the other meat puppets. The brains behind them are way smarter than we think.

And think about it. The "Patriot Act" was put out just a few days after 9/11. No incompetence there.
A decent Health Care Plan is impossible because of incompetence. Really? I don't think so...