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Because Republicans had and have a rather clever ideological racket going on:

1) Campaign on claims that the government is inept and its functions should be minimized or privatized, putting it into the hands of "honest, hardworking Americans."
2) After getting elected, use legislative powers to hamstring government functions and/or slash government budgets in order to render specific departments completely incapable of doing their jobs effectively.
3) Cite inefficacy of affected departments as proof of government ineptitude, continue using it to score electoral points while quietly allowing key donors to ransack the public's wealth.