Within your disdain for government workers is a small sliver of truth. One problem with the Federal government--and why contractors are preferred--is that Gove

Within your disdain for government workers is a small sliver of truth. One problem with the Federal government--and why contractors are preferred--is that Government Schedule pay is decent for some jobs and insufficient for others. For software engineers--and the reason contracting is better--is that government schedule pay is far below market. But you see the same problem even in private industries like Lockheed Martin, where the brightest engineers (with security clearances) are really doubling/moonlighting with other jobs and the managers look the other way. Also: The private sector is extremely inefficient, when it's handling areas of high upfront costs/high risk. Private military companies If you want to defund government, start by tearing down the TSA which nobody in any party believes is anything but a job-creating sham. Of course, the loudest calls for defunding or non-growth are for deparatments that provide real value--like the FDA or the IRS. So while you're happy the government is being defunded, most US citizens don't feel like promoting a national security problem for short-term gains.