Overpaying Government Contractors: Getting the Conversation Started

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We went out on the National Mall to talk to some people about how the government is paying a premium to hire contractors to do jobs that federal employees could do for less money. It's a complicated issue, but when presented with the facts it is easy to see that the government needs to take another look at how it does contracting.

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[redandgearhead]

Having some 21 year-old walking around asking a loaded question is not journalism. The biggest problem with the question just comparing the salaries of supposedly equivalent work does not take into account the efficiency of the worker. If the contractor is more than twice the efficiency of the government worker, the taxpayer wins. MacDonald Douglas took over parts supplying of the C17 and replaced over 200 gernement workers with 70. DOD workers could not integrate the B1 software.

[MilitecInc]

Government employees give these big buck awards to their buddies. No secret. A private company would never pay 300,000 to an accountant. The USG needs more privatization, versus making contractors rich so when they retire they can collect their chit.

[MilitecInc]

Government employees give these big buck awards to their buddies. No secret.

[tomitstube]

privatization is totalitarianism.

[MrTerryflowers]

How would it NOT cost more when a contractor still has to pay salaries, build in profit, provide returns for share holders and provide compensation packages for CEOs and top executives. We just need to be sure that the government does not pay more than they should for services provided...like $500.00 for a hammer or some such other nonsense. With proper administration government should be able to hire its own employees for a much lower cost than to contract out the work to private contractors.