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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	You don't get it
	Date:	2/14/2009 12:41:39 PM

Well, someone in the government agreed with you, I believe it was Al Gore, who got rid of a lot of civilian jobs and started hiring contractors. And I agree that contractors can many times do it cheaper and more efficiently, except when they don't. There is a law that contractors cannot do work that is "inherently governmental" such as making policy decisions and representing the government's interest. For example, I pay a contractor to do a intelligence assessment that leads to a decision, but the contractor cannot make the decision or the recommendation for the decision. And they are still paid with taxpayer dollars.

I think I get what you are trying to say, but on the other hand, you need to accept that business is not the answer to everything. You have to have some government structure to provide oversight. All you have to do is look at one large government acquisition program and look at the cost overruns and inefficiencies to know that you have to have government oversight. I mean, look what happened to the financial markets when the government decided they could self regulate. Did they? NO.