[quote=CA renter]No, I didn’t contradict myself. It is cheaper to use government employees, but with the growth of certain industries being fed by tax dollars, that’s not always possible, nor desirable. The government is (IMHO) paying for things that we have no business paying for, but the lobbyists are extremely powerful, and they (the people who hire them) control who we get to vote for, how much we spend, and where we spend it. This is why we’ve been seeing the huge moves toward privatization, even though it’s more expensive and more vulnerable to abuse.[/quote]Bigger government anything is vulnerable for abuse. So, you might want to attack the symptoms but to me, it seems like you’re failing to see the root cause, which is big government and too much $ sloshing around in DC. If we cut spending, and force agencies to live w/ less, they might say, hey, it’s cheaper for us to do it ourselves instead of hiring contractor. Or, they can say, hey, we don’t need this process here, or we can stream line that process there. Etc. That’s what private sector has to do all the time.
[quote=CA renter]Some good resources to get a better understanding of the privatization movement:
It’s very important that people understand what’s going on WRT privatization and our government. Most important is that if we lose this battle, it will be almost impossible to turn back.[/quote]
Sorry but as soon as I read an article start by calling the opposition “right wing” anything loses its credibility for me. Again, as I just mentioned in my previous post, privatization is cheaper IF you get the government completely out of it. It’s more expensive if it’s government money paying private contractors. Of course it’s more expensive because there’s more over heads.
