Meaning 1: Republicans might very well try to get rid of a democratic check on power under the cover of "reducing waste" and that is bad and I don't want it to happen.

Meaning 2: I believe the government works essentially like a compiler and therefore optimizing out anything in the name of efficiency is actually a "good thing."

I can't follow the "be generous" rule of HN because I cannot tell from your comment which one you mean. Could you clarify?

Edit: maybe more important-- I'm not sure which interpretation HN would take to be generous here.