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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep defense and Medicare at current levels and cut the rest of the federal government by 20%.

The waste in the federal government is nothing short of stunning.[/quote]
The waste in defense is nothing short of stunning. Let's begin there.[/quote]
I think we should begin with the contractors. The amount of money they take in (they were nicknamed "bandits" for a reason) is obscene, and all because the govt employees can't do the work - and they can't be fired. Maybe if the govt could can the deadwood and bring in competent people, we wouldn't have to outsource so much work. 
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Many people would support increasing the size of the federal workforce and moving away from contractors.  There would be a cost savings but would necessitate a significant increase in federal employees.  Would you agree to that?[/quote]
Absolutely. These contractors are getting paid 2x and 3x a staff salary. What's particularly wasteful is when a GS15 retires, collects his pension, and then contracts back for the identical role at twice the salary. So instead of paying the employee $140,000, he is collecting from taxpayers a pension of as much as $80,000, plus an income of $200,000. Or....he retires, collects his pension, and then contracts back part-time for 3 days a week, but at a contractor's salary of $120,000. He is now collecting $200,000 from taxpayers for part-time work instead of $140,000 for full-time work. I see this ALL THE TIME![/quote]

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