Freedom's just another word for useless government

There are 2 seemingly unrelated stories in Thurday's Irish Times (subs req'd): the 2005 budget deficit was overestimated by $3bn and the tracks on Dublin's light rail, the Luas, have not settled properly in their foundation. The best that be said about the government that presides over such occurrences is that their incompetence averages out. Note also that this incompetence occurs in what the Heritage Foundation & the Wall Street Journal rate as the most free non city-state economy in the world. Good economy = bad government? Maybe that's just what the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy wants us to think.

UPDATE: The Dublin Port Tunnel, near completion but not yet open, is already leaking.