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Maybe there should not be 300 subcontractors involved in delivery and contracts should stipulated that work cannot be outsourced? The outsourcing of everything

• chgs 2y ago
  The point of outsourcing is because people don’t want to be held accountable. Stopping outsourcing doesn’t change the fundamental problem of accountability, people just find different ways to avoid it.
  • stackghost 2y ago
    >The point of outsourcing is because people don’t want to be held accountable. Having worked on the public sector (Air Force), there's enormous pressure on groups like NASA to outsource because voters perceive government work as wasteful and expensive, and contracted work as efficient because free market.
    • soperj 2y ago
      > there's enormous pressure on groups like NASA to outsource because voters perceive government work as wasteful and expensive, and contracted work as efficient because free market. And, those contracts end up being the most wasteful and expensive of all.