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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fed is so bloated now its ridiculous. Please... everyone start walking out the door.  You won't be missed. [/quote]

+1.

Finally, some serious spring cleaning.[/quote]
Not really. Here's what happens under Republican administrations: more contractors. Less work performed, less oversight, more money. Great thinking, guys![/quote]

Contractors are definitely way more expensive.  And the republican are looking to once again allow them to fire people for belonging to the LGBT community, which they were banned from doing under Obama. [/quote]
We need some new laws in place regarding contractors - namely, that you can't quit a job paying $140,000 a year, collect a pension of $80,000, and then contract back your services as a contractor for $250,000 a year. What formerly cost taxpayers $140,000 is now costing $330,000. Multiply that scenario several hundred times, and you see the problem.

My sister's boyfriend is contemplating this very thing, He's a GS 14 earning around $125,000, and he's trying to decide whether to be a part-time contractor for the same $125,000 or continue to work full-time as a comtractor for $250,000. [/quote]

Wait. I thought privatization saved the government money?  That's what the GOP has been preaching for years!  You mean it's actually the problem?  Who knew?[/quote]
Because it's not true privatization. It's just outsourcing parts of jobs that the government employees don't want to do. And because the contractors are paid by the government - taxpayers - they have all sorts of incentives to drive the labor costs up. If it were truly a private company, providing a service or product to consumers, they wouldn't be paying their employees $250,000 for a job worth less than half that.[/quote]

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