Quote:
Originally posted by Kadath
Let's not forget other things, like allowing huge corporations to pay almost nothing in taxes, and subsidies for farmers, and all kinds of shit the government does that cost money. You can't single out two things you disagree with and then imply that will fix the deficit. Further, suggesting outsourcing to private companies that are "more efficient" indicates that you've never worked for any sort of government or government contractor. Those contracts are huge money pits.
|
I wasn't suggesting that only those two things would reduce the budget by trillions of dollars. The waste that you're referring to is covered in my below statement, which was in my original post:
"It accumulated because of unnecessary spending of money on things that government shouldn't even be involved in."
As for private companies and efficiency, yes, private companies are in general more efficient than government-run organizations because private companies are all about profit profit profit. Outsourcing does not mean that the government should not understand the value of said services and be sure not to get completely screwed when it comes to costs. The idea is to lower costs, not spend the same amount of money elsewhere.