Guess What? It Is Cheaper to Use Federal Government Employees Than Contractor Employees | Truthout

Guess What? It Is Cheaper to Use Federal Government Employees Than Contractor Employees | Truthout

Patricia Dowling

‎"They'd never get away with this in private business, let's outsource & allow the free market to give us the best service for the cheapest prices," is the mantra I've been hearing people repeat for too long. It's just not true. Outsourcing cost MORE. Somebody has to cover the fat profit...

Guess What? It Is Cheaper to Use Federal Government Employees Than Contractor Employees | Truthout

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Having looked at federal government contracting for 30 years, I have heard over and over again that government employees make too much money and that the service contractor employees are cheaper. The mantra has been repeated that the government workers are bad, ineffective and expensive and that the...