Security beyond control - Page 2

tater · 07-21-10, 10:41 AM

There are certainly some legitimate concerns with intelligence gathering post-911, and I do not mean from a civil liberties standpoint as much as cost and efficiency. To the extent this blows the lid off that, it's good. You have to figure the vast majority of people doing that work (as contractors) are like consultants—they're soaking the taxpayer and we get squat for it.

I'd just like to see the exact terms they used to search for, and what contractors they did and did not include (ie: do they exclude all DOE people, etc).

AVGWarhawk · 07-21-10, 10:47 AM

Exactly. The article is vague and does not breakdown the numbers.

tater · 07-21-10, 03:28 PM

The lesson to likely be learned is that like most government programs, we could fire the majority of the employees, and still have a better result.

The left will claim it's the "privatized" nature of contractors, while forgetting that pretty much across the board right now government workers are paid more for the same job description to work fewer hours doing that work.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	There are certainly some legitimate concerns with intelligence gathering post-911, and I do not mean from a civil liberties standpoint as much as cost and efficiency. To the extent this blows the lid off that, it's good. You have to figure the vast majority of people doing that work (as contractors) are like consultants—they're soaking the taxpayer and we get squat for it. I'd just like to see the exact terms they used to search for, and what contractors they did and did not include (ie: do they exclude all DOE people, etc).

07-21-10, 03:28 PM	#18
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	The lesson to likely be learned is that like most government programs, we could fire the majority of the employees, and still have a better result. The left will claim it's the "privatized" nature of contractors, while forgetting that pretty much across the board right now government workers are paid more for the same job description to work fewer hours doing that work.