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According to this article, the contract amount to be paid to Accenture is USD $297,000,000 to help the Government hire 7,500 employees. Nearly USD $40,000 USD p
by bobjordan 8y ago
According to this article, the contract amount to be paid to Accenture is USD $297,000,000 to help the Government hire 7,500 employees. Nearly USD $40,000 USD per hire. Definitely makes me think about going all in on turning pure Libertarian.
- rchaud 8y agoI'm interested to know what part of this story sparked your comment about Libertarianism? Was it the use of taxpayer dollars to expand a border force that didn't seem understaffed to anyone but the Pres? I ask because the other part, namely government contracting work to the "more efficient" private sector sounds perfectly in keeping with Libertarian principles.
- bobjordan 8y agoSpending $40,000 USD per hire for a border patrol job, strikes me as inefficient, regardless of whether or not the private sector or Government is doing the hiring. But most likely, what sparked my comment about libertarianism, was simply the fact I'd visited the Libertarian party website earlier today at https://www.lp.org/ https://www.lp.org/ and happened to be thinking about their tagline "Libertarian Party | Minimum Government. Maximum Freedom." when I read this article.
- rchaud 8y agoI agree that $40k/hire cost is absurd. That being said, I hope you'll agree that actions matter more than words. Plenty of organizations make virtuous claims in public, and behave differently in private. Political slogans are no exception. I would encourage you to look at their political representatives' voting records and ask yourself if they are being consistent with their professed beliefs. The absolutism of Libertarian theory doesn't translate well to politics and economics, as those require building relationships and cutting deals to make things happen.
- QML 8y agoLibertarian as in you don’t believe it’s possible to scale government while keeping it efficient?