Did you buy the more expensive lock for your house? Are your doors fortified, if they are why isn't the steel an inch thicker?
Do you also choose having money over security? Sounds like the government also chose having a more productive work force, etc, over higher costs and lower productivity.
In our analysis we determined that if the steel doors were thicker it would hinder our team of ex-special-forces security guards from operating their bazookas effectively in the event a suspicious person is spotted. Unfortunately it’s all too common that potentially dangerous fugitives on the run are trying to blend in as “mail carriers” and “neighbors on a walk”. Anyway, the auditors relented on the steel door issue, but then hammered us on why we didn’t have any tanks moving in formation in the front yard as a deterrent. In fairness, the FedEx guy made it all the way to our front door in two separate incidents last week. So the auditors have a point.
Not sure what point you are trying to make - for one, I don’t keep anything valuable in my house. Two, I have adequate security measures for the threats I am likely to deal with - I have cameras, locks on all windows and doors, and I have alarms.
The rough security/compliance world equivalent is a checklist that says “Do you lock your doors every night?” and you say “yea I do” regardless of whether or not you even have a lock or what kind it is, and they say “ok cool.”
It’s a false dichotomy that you need to choose between security and productivity.
Do you also choose having money over security? Sounds like the government also chose having a more productive work force, etc, over higher costs and lower productivity.