US Government Pays Contractors Twice as Much as Civil Servants for the Same Work

[Coyotl]

US Government Pays Contractors Twice as Much as Civil Servants for the Same Work
December 12, 2013 - http://billmoyers.com/2013/12/12/ripoff-us-government-pays-contractors-twice-as-much-as-civil-servants-for-the-same-work/

Since the 1990s, the outsourcing of what were once considered to be public services has grown exponentially, while the size of the federal workforce has fallen significantly. The rationale for these deep reductions in the public sector is that private companies are more efficient. The privatizers claim that they can render the same services as civil servants for less, even after making a profit.

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, author most recently of The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use “Plain English” to Rob You Blind, takes a skeptical look at these claims in an article for Newsweek…

[Th1onein]

1. But...but....but I thought they were more efficient and saved us money!

Are you trying to tell us that government can do the job or efficiently at a lower cost? WHA?

[pansypoo53219]

2. yeah. didn't the GOP sell private as a cost saver?

[Th1onein]

3. Yeah, I seem to remember they DID! Who woulda thought they would lie? Huh?

[SamKnause]

4. Contractors

There is no way our job creating private sector corporations would ever cheat the U.S. taxpayers.

Doing business with the corrupt ineffectual U.S. government has its advantages.

Corporations are people my friend, people who steal and fear very little about the consequences.

A country can not operate properly with a two tier justice system.

P.S. How do the majority of our politicians amass their wealth ? Insider trading: (against the law for your, or me). Accepting bribes: (also against the law for you, or me). Taking advantage of the revolving doors that are available, certainly has disastrous consequences for we the people.

The entire charade sickens me to my core.

[CFLDem]

8. +1 trillion

[bemildred]

5. Yes, they do, sometimes even more. nt

[hfojvt]

6. I wish he could have provided some specfic examples

otherwise it reads kinda unconvincing.

[Duckhunter935]

7. some of our contractors make just about half

High turnover, that's just salary to the employee and I am sure there is nice overhead to the company.