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		s1artibartfast 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with A... Both are there to collect a check. One can get fired for doing nothing and the other cant.

ijustlovemath 10 months ago [–]

I'd counter that the cost to the American taxpayer is far less when you avoid the consultant upcharge, all else being equal.

s1artibartfast 10 months ago | [–]

Perhaps, but that is an entirely independent claim from the idea that government employees are passionate self sacrificers

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