Contractor Cuts: Booz, Deloitte, Leidos, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:If they can’t get rid of feds themselves (which they’re having trouble doing) this seems like an easier way to cut. I’m getting more and more depressed and would leave this area if it weren’t for our kids.

We don’t have kids (and won’t be, in light of the current economy) and my husband’s stable job is here, but i also am so depressed and wish I could leave. We also just bought a house.

Why would you hold off having kids.

That doesn't make sense, especially if you are looking at a situation where one patent might be home for a few years.

Kids are expensive. And having them grow up in a facsist regime…no thanks.

You don't want them badly enough then. Not having kids was not an option for us.

dp.. honest question: how will you save for retirement and college, which is getting more and more expensive, and will be even more so with the cuts to education funding by Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:If they can’t get rid of feds themselves (which they’re having trouble doing) this seems like an easier way to cut. I’m getting more and more depressed and would leave this area if it weren’t for our kids.

We don’t have kids (and won’t be, in light of the current economy) and my husband’s stable job is here, but i also am so depressed and wish I could leave. We also just bought a house.

Why would you hold off having kids.

That doesn't make sense, especially if you are looking at a situation where one patent might be home for a few years.

Kids are expensive. And having them grow up in a facsist regime…no thanks.

You don't want them badly enough then. Not having kids was not an option for us.

dp.. honest question: how will you save for retirement and college, which is getting more and more expensive, and will be even more so with the cuts to education funding by Trump.

With our salaries?

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Anonymous wrote:More than 90% of the world population and nearly 100% of all the people who lived before us, would be ecstatic to live currently in the USA.

The world has never been a better, safer, and more livable place than now. And the USA is the luckiest place you can be. Ignore the politics.

-Moderate who voted for Kamala

It sounds like you have not seen much of the world.

What do I know, an immigrant born and raised in another country for half my life.

DP.. I'm also an immigrant, as is my spouse, but I've lived in the US for 50+ years. The US is becoming more like a dictatorship. I'm super concerned that Trump is allowing in rich oligarchs from Russia who will have an outsized influence over our politics.

My spouse, who came here as an adult, is super concerned about a one party rule in this country, almost like a dictatorship. Luckily, my spouse and our kids have dual citizenship. I do not, but I can follow my spouse.

Also, I used to be a R.

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Anonymous wrote:If they can’t get rid of feds themselves (which they’re having trouble doing) this seems like an easier way to cut. I’m getting more and more depressed and would leave this area if it weren’t for our kids.

We don’t have kids (and won’t be, in light of the current economy) and my husband’s stable job is here, but i also am so depressed and wish I could leave. We also just bought a house.

Why would you hold off having kids.

That doesn't make sense, especially if you are looking at a situation where one patent might be home for a few years.

Kids are expensive. And having them grow up in a facsist regime…no thanks.

You live under your means not in your favorite area, but a cheaper one. Cut back or out extras.

You don't want them badly enough then. Not having kids was not an option for us.

dp.. honest question: how will you save for retirement and college, which is getting more and more expensive, and will be even more so with the cuts to education funding by Trump.

No matter how much you cut, you won't be able to save much for both, especially if you have two kids. We are not super wealthy. I come from a lower income background. Most people I know who are not wealthy have not been able to save enough for both, and they don't live lavish lifestyles.

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Anonymous wrote:More than 90% of the world population and nearly 100% of all the people who lived before us, would be ecstatic to live currently in the USA.

The world has never been a better, safer, and more livable place than now. And the USA is the luckiest place you can be. Ignore the politics.

-Moderate who voted for Kamala

It sounds like you have not seen much of the world.

What do I know, an immigrant born and raised in another country for half my life.

The fact that your country might be even worse than the US does not make the latter “the luckiest place”.

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Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

By grift you mean swindling? You ain't seen nothing yet. You don't know how good you had it.

Every contract that is awarded had to be competed openly and publicly. The proposals that came in were evaluated under strict conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules. Choosing the higher cost proposal needed a separate justification. The staff on the contract had to be vetted and ok'd and their hourly charge rate was limited. Every dollar that was spent had to be verified and recorded at each transaction. Yearly, at least, reports had to be submitted for review by a separate contracts office. Then every few years there might be an audit by the office of inspector general.

And yet, the contracts end up being awarded to the company the client wanted from the start - not the best value or the most qualified. It's easy to fudge the paperwork before and after the award and the IG is limited in how deep they are allowed to dig.
There are checks and balances on paper, but the scrutiny is not as thorough as you are trying to describe. Lots of make-work both on government and contractor side.

The client is the one who decides which proposal is best. Reliability and flexibility are very important but not easy to read from the proposals.

Anyway, that's all moot now. Only Musk owned companies will get the award. PPs who decry 'corruption' have created the problem they feared.

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Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

Oh, it's just beginning.

Elon to take over air traffic.
Elon to take over weather satellites.
Elon to take over cybertrucks for State Department.

Elon to take over...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/musk-starlink-competitor-faa-contract-00206683

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I really wanted kids, too. I despise everyone who voted for this who has taken that away from me. I will never get to have a family thanks to this administration. It’s horrible.

I say this with much kindness. Please take a deep breath and consider talking through your feelings with a therapist. If you really wanted children and have limited time, don’t make the decision not to have them, or even just one, because of Trump. Children were born even during the Great Depression and World War 2. I had my son just before I got too old, and while he has been a difficult child in some ways, he has also brought much joy. I think he makes our small corner of the world a better place.

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Anonymous wrote:we are screwed. Our contract is about to expire and were hoping to be renewed. IDK what we are going to do.

I work for a company that sells a much needed subscription product to The State Dept and they said that everything is on hold and will be considered individually. We are not hopeful.

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Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

By grift you mean swindling? You ain't seen nothing yet. You don't know how good you had it.

Every contract that is awarded had to be competed openly and publicly. The proposals that came in were evaluated under strict conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules. Choosing the higher cost proposal needed a separate justification. The staff on the contract had to be vetted and ok'd and their hourly charge rate was limited. Every dollar that was spent had to be verified and recorded at each transaction. Yearly, at least, reports had to be submitted for review by a separate contracts office. Then every few years there might be an audit by the office of inspector general.

I'm guessing you didn't even read that description of contracting. It's all gone now anyway. You've exchanged "grift' for graft.

On paper, yes, this is what was supposed to happen. In reality, very different....

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Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

By grift you mean swindling? You ain't seen nothing yet. You don't know how good you had it.

Every contract that is awarded had to be competed openly and publicly. The proposals that came in were evaluated under strict conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules. Choosing the higher cost proposal needed a separate justification. The staff on the contract had to be vetted and ok'd and their hourly charge rate was limited. Every dollar that was spent had to be verified and recorded at each transaction. Yearly, at least, reports had to be submitted for review by a separate contracts office. Then every few years there might be an audit by the office of inspector general.

I'm guessing you didn't even read that description of contracting. It's all gone now anyway. You've exchanged "grift' for graft.

On paper, yes, this is what was supposed to happen. In reality, very different....

BS. F***ing come with receipts or shut your lying trap. This is all so Musk and Bezos and whatever ring-kisser is kissing the hardest will get the work instead. And they’ll treat their employees like garbage and without any safeguards in place (because the rules are repealed and the enforcers fired), they’ll get away with it.

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It’s not just DC. I know of contracts being cancelled — suddenly— in TX and CO.

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Anonymous wrote:The grift is over, folks.

By grift you mean swindling? You ain't seen nothing yet. You don't know how good you had it.

Every contract that is awarded had to be competed openly and publicly. The proposals that came in were evaluated under strict conflict-of-interest and disclosure rules. Choosing the higher cost proposal needed a separate justification. The staff on the contract had to be vetted and ok'd and their hourly charge rate was limited. Every dollar that was spent had to be verified and recorded at each transaction. Yearly, at least, reports had to be submitted for review by a separate contracts office. Then every few years there might be an audit by the office of inspector general.

I'm guessing you didn't even read that description of contracting. It's all gone now anyway. You've exchanged "grift' for graft.

On paper, yes, this is what was supposed to happen. In reality, very different....

It was, and you've destroyed America. The song keeps going through my head 'so you think you can tell heavan from h*ll'. You, buddy, have exchanged a smile for a veil.

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Anonymous wrote:we are screwed. Our contract is about to expire and were hoping to be renewed. IDK what we are going to do.

Same with my husband. And on the heels of my being laid off last week from one of these contractors on the corporate side of the house (not a contractor on a contract).

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Anonymous wrote:we are screwed. Our contract is about to expire and were hoping to be renewed. IDK what we are going to do.

Same with my husband. And on the heels of my being laid off last week from one of these contractors on the corporate side of the house (not a contractor on a contract).

Which one?