> Most government employees are unemployable in the marketplace, so it's in their interest to follow orders, at whatever cost, to keep their jobs. My anectodal

> Most government employees are unemployable in the marketplace, so it's in their interest to follow orders, at whatever cost, to keep their jobs. My anectodal observation is that this may be true for some individuals, this could be said of any large institution. I encountered many capable and intelligent individuals in my time contracting for the government. The problem I see more has to do with the legal mandates in place, and the labyrinth of regulation and processes. Unless you are quite savvy to how the machine works, it's nearly impossible to get a contract. And the steps to learning how to navigate these processes is pretty lengthy and would make even the most resilient individual completely jaded with the whole thing. Finding a way to unwind the over-regulation in place seems to me to be the only way this market can be opened to true competition.