This begins the third day of the government shut down.
I met two people who have been laid off from the federal government. One was a daycare worker at Nellis AFB and the other worker in the commissary (base grocery store).
This begs the question: Why do we need federal workers running a day care center and grocery store on Nellis Air Force Base? Why can't the private sector do these jobs? The private sector will do just as good a job as any federal employee, if not better and probably offer better prices.
So, how many other bases in the military operate like this? And how about government buildings?
But life goes on for about 99% of the other people in the country. Social Security checks are going out, planes are still flying, taxpayers are saving some money with the government shut down and best yet, my beer is still cold.
Sunrise — 6:54 and midday — 1:41.
5 hours ago
I've never understood the logic that says the private sector will do things more cheaply than the government. The private sector has to factor in profit. The government does not. It's only waste, fraud and abuse that could tip the scales, and those things exist in the private sector too. So: how does an entity that needs to earn a profit do something more cheaply than one that does not?
ReplyDeleteYou have wages that are more in line with reality, you have benefits that are more in line with reality and government just doesn't need to be in child care or the grocery store business.
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