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  •  This Process Started A Lot Sooner Then You Might (3+ / 0-)

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    moiv, nailbender, duckhunter

    think. Over the past several decades the government has started to outsource just about everything you can think of. A perfect case in point is DynCorp. They made their money, initially, with huge contracts to keep planes and choppers flying. They've now branched out into about everything else you can imagine.

    Jobs that used to be done by the military are now being outsourced for huge sums of money. That just seems to be how things work.

    Good movies, nope. But did just start reading the Golden Compass (cause of all the noise about the movie). And it is really pretty darn good. And I am not much of a "fantasy" guy.

    by webranding on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 09:39:38 PM PDT

    •  I picked a copy up at the thrift store last year (2+ / 0-)

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      and couldn't get into it.  I think Pope Calvin did me in.  But I never made it to the explanation about parallel worlds, and the daemons left me cold.

      But I've started it again, in the middle.

      Your observations are spot-on: this is what happens when you allow the government=bad/private=good philosophy to dominate the nation for a few decades.  The question is, can it be reversed?

      "Well, yeah, the Constitution is worth it if you can succeed." -Nancy Pelosi, 6/29/07.

      by nailbender on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 09:50:38 PM PDT

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      •  I Don't Think So (2+ / 0-)

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        moiv, nailbender

        So much of the core functions of our government is outsourced. If you work at the ATF and you call tech support you get a Unisys employee. You need a computer upgrade in the Navy most likely you are calling somebody from EDS. You need a meal in a mess hall you are calling KBR. You need a part for a F-16 you are calling DynCorp. The list goes on and on and on.

        I think we'd have to increase the size of our military by 40-60%.

        Now I understand the concept of some outsourcing. But the government has taken it to a level that is totally out of control.

        by webranding on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 09:55:54 PM PDT

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        •  think of how much of the actual defense budget (0+ / 0-)

          must be out of government's direct control right now.  Blackwater is the poster boy for that paradigm.

          "Well, yeah, the Constitution is worth it if you can succeed." -Nancy Pelosi, 6/29/07.

          by nailbender on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 10:01:37 PM PDT

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