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I don't know if it's not possible to outsource it, if you look to the U.S. an absolutely massive amount of work (intelligence and military ops) is outsourced to

• mschuster91 8y ago
  > I don't know if it's not possible to outsource it, if you look to the U.S. an absolutely massive amount of work (intelligence and military ops) is outsourced to private contractors And Snowden was one of the inevitable results. I mean, I'm happy the leak happened, but it is a perfect example of what can go wrong with outsourcing to the cheapest bidder. In total it would be better for the government to do in-house, but how else are you gonna shift citizen money into the hand of already ultra rich people... the only thing where outsourcing is profitable and worth it is for exclusively short term things (e.g. constructing buildings or developing a specific software), but long term stuff? Cut the profits of the company and hire the employees yourselves.
  • mikejb 8y ago
    It wasn't outsourced to the cheapest bidder; actually, limitations on govt salaries is one of the reasons to outsource: you can attract better talent with competitive offers. And plenty of whistleblowers at the CIA and NSA were direct gov employees, not contractors.