Reply #62: I have been a govt contractor in DC and read the directive from Bush

[Laura PourMeADrink]

that set forth plans to shift from civil servants to contractors. At that time,
early in his first term, it was brushed off as an innocuous plan to control the size of "government".
Bush wanted to run for reelection and be able to say "I reduced the size of
government" since contractors would not be counted.

But, as time passed, it became very clear that there were much more nefarious
forces in action. In my opinion, there were two motives:

1. The unbelievable amount of money to be made for BUSHCO et al. Contracting companies
and recruiters make at least equal to or more than the contractor himself. If a
contractor earns $75 and hour - they make that much or more per hour,for performing
little more than securing the assignment and handling payroll.

2. The desire to systematically breakdown the predominantly AA pool of career
civil servants in DC. How? By moving operations out of DC. By selecting cities
thousands of miles away with the most foreign of cultures to people who were
born and raised in the DC area. People had two options - retire or move away
from everything and everyone you know.