Nowadays, we are used to get our supplies on demand. Whether we desire a nice meal, groceries, a movie, music or haute couture, we may find it delivered instantly and at our doorstep.
In order to deliver on demand, you’ll have to be familiar with the community you do business with. Governments, for example, are supposed to know and satisfy the demands of their people, including the ones of the entrepreneurs that are supporting the economy. Hence, it would be reasonable to expect governments to deliver on demand as well.
As for entrepreneurs, they meet the market demand by taking risks. Business owners either successfully deliver what consumers want and are consequently rewarded or fail to deliver what the market wants and pay the price for misjudgment with personal losses.
Governmental demands on the other hand are being paid for by taxpayers. This money is often used to cover up wasteful miscalculations of politicians or bureaucrats and their favorite interest groups. Perhaps that is the reason why delivering on demand remains utopic as far as governments are concerned; no self-sacrifice and no accountability.