Posted on 02/24/2010 2:53:40 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Although, with contractors I doubt they get a pension from the taxpayer, I could be wrong.
This is because the feds never hire qualified people. All they ever do is hire bean counters and project manager types. The only criteria seems to be a college degree.
This is because the feds never hire qualified people. All they ever do is hire bean counters and project manager types. The only criteria seems to be a college degree.
They have to contract out to get the actual work done.
The child president is playing with fire ignoring the nations security.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!
Contractors are hired through companies, the taxpayer pays the bill which is usually cheaper than footing the bill for a civil servant. Contractors don’t get all the bennies and can be fired anytime.
If Lieberman was concerned that 400,000 employees is too many than I might give him some credit.
Government has really gone off the deep end when there are 400,000 people employed in Homeland Security.
I’d say that contract workers are better than federal employees, because they can be fired if they screw up. And they probably cost less.
Keep in mind that on most matters, Lieberman is a flaming liberal.
Between Obama and Osama they are driving us to financial destrution. They both have the same game plan from the same game book.
I’m confused! They don’t like the ratio on employees to contract employees, so do they want to convert contract to regular employees? (I think yes, expand government)
do they have to pay contractors health benefits and retirement? If not, I say go for it.
The rats are feverishly trying to make it fed law that only contractors with union shops providing healthcare and pensions can receive a government contract. There’s a recent (last few days) thread about it around here somewhere.
I think zero and the rats would like to convert those jobs to permanent fed employee positions.
Funny how the market works, don’t it.
Make it too expensive to hire full time and what do you get, contract workers! Amazing.
Obama should commission a study.
In other words.... “We need more useless union help”.
We never should have created the DHS. All we needed to do was reform and improve the agencies we already had in place. All we did with the DHS was come up with another federal ‘money pit’ that will be there to take blame by finger pointing from other agencies when something goes wrong, and provide additional people for congressional committees to use for grandstanding when there’s a problem. Lots of union workers and political kickbacks, and at the end of the day we aren’t a dammed bit safer.
PING
Sickening.
The list, ping
This is kind of weird because I know many depts, military for instance, outsource alot. I believe, although I could be wrong, that it’s generally cheaper.
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