Some people believe that The Government should run everything, from healthcare to energy to farms. These people — who tend to call themselves “progressives” — will vehemently deny that their views are Marxist-socialist, even though that’s exactly what they are. They will insist that The Government can do everything better and cheaper.

So one could wonder why, if The Government can do it all better and cheaper than private industry, are they unable to run a simple cafeteria? Case in point: the Senate cafeteria, which according to the Wshington Post, has lost “more than $18 million since 1993, according to one report, and an estimated $2 million this year alone, according to another.”

Reviews on social review site Yelp paint this gloomy picture:

Lunch at the caf is disgusting. [...]

If you’re going to venture down to the dungeon your best bet is to bring your own food and to use their plastic utensils and paper napkins.

The Senate’s solution? Privatize the cafeteria. What a novel idea!

If we can’t trust them to run a cafeteria, how can we trust them to run more important things, like healthcare and energy? Answer: we can’t.