Re: [ZION] Privatizing the feds

2002-11-15 Thread John W. Redelfs
After much pondering, Gary Smith favored us with: This is good. I'd like to see many of the processes privatized. If we can save even 20 percent, imagine the cost savings in taxes for us Yeah, but if I know anything about bureaucracy and especially governments, it won't mean that 20,000 fed

Re: [ZION] Privatizing the feds

2002-11-15 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Except that what often happens is that the only people who can do the jobs that are privatized are the civil servants themselves. So they get laid off, picked up at a fraction of the salary (and no benefits) by "service companies" and go back to work for the government as contract employees. The se

[ZION] Privatizing the feds

2002-11-15 Thread Gary Smith
Neal Boortz (Libertarian talk radio host) wrote today: On Monday the Federal Register will publish a plan by President Bush to allow private companies to compete with federal workers for contracts to provide government services. This is easily one of the boldest policy moves in my memory. This i