About the OP. Sam and his guest are critiquing the inefficiency of social programs instituted by both the centre left (mainstream Democrats in the US and centre right Republicans there). The neoliberal era's contracting out of public services caused that. Though they like to tout their accomplishments, they made services less efficient and more cumbersome. The right of centre thinks any social program, neoliberal or not, is a wasteful program. It's true these programs are often wasteful. That's a function of public-private contracting - where they cut corners to save money and it has a greater socioeconomic cost down the road. It's not because too much is spent on social programs. It's just the wrong model.