re: #531 Kragar

Why is it that you’ve got folks who were in the military complaining about how they were no longer doing certain kinds of logistics work, but given to private companies who paid workers 2-3+ times as much as the soldiers, and did a crapulent job at the same time?

Outsourcing jobs to the private sector isn’t a panacea or cost-saving measure that people make it out to be. While in theory competition should push cost savings, the reality is that companies will underbid on the job, and then demand more as the real costs become known (a huge issue with infrastructure projects).