Hypothetically: -Government leader says they're nuking data -Mad rush to back up data through other means -Government leader declares they've 'transferred the cost of maintaining data out of government, thus making for a smaller, more efficient, government'

I hate everything about this.

Kind of like switching to supporting Russia so your allies think you're no longer a reliable partner and start beefing up their own militaries.

There is inherent inefficiency in government accountability efforts. I'm ok with that.

In general it makes sense to shift this part to business, if data is valuable, there will be market and services. Probably problem is how fast they nuked without grace period.