# Government money is default slow It can take months *at best* for the government to deploy money. For larger sums it can be years. Obviously there are many downsides here. The trick is that while it’s easy to see the speed at which the government deploys money as just poor execution, it is in fact a deliberate tradeoff to maximize accountability and legibility. ### Related * [[Government money needs to be fair]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Government+money+is+default+slow) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Government+money+is+default+slow)