You have just about as many contractors as there are people in the military. The argument is it saves money.Tell that to the soldiers that made less pay than the person who was/is dishing their food out in Afganistan or Iraq.It use to be soldiers did the food also and people were paid on the jobs they did. Now you have people cooking making more than people out on the front line.
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Those wars were big payouts to Haliburton and other contractors.
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Government is not profit motivated. Now we hire companies that job is to make a profit. Conservatives think that this will save the government money. No it does not. Not only do you pay more it also lead to corruption because all of a sudden you have lobbyist telling politicians they need more weapons, more prisons, more drugs, etc.
Privatizing the government gone amuck.
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You have just about as many contractors as there are people in the military. The argument is it saves money.Tell that to the soldiers that made less pay than the person who was/is dishing their food out in Afganistan or Iraq.It use to be soldiers did the food also and people were paid on the jobs they did. Now you have people cooking making more than people out on the front line.
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Those wars were big payouts to Haliburton and other contractors.
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Government is not profit motivated. Now we hire companies that job is to make a profit. Conservatives think that this will save the government money. No it does not. Not only do you pay more it also lead to corruption because all of a sudden you have lobbyist telling politicians they need more weapons, more prisons, more drugs, etc.
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It is the tax payer getting reamed.