The 2 million employees -- which agencies?

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4. The GOP administrations always do this and the Dems have to clean up the mess left behind.

Contractors ultimately cost more because they defraud the government more. They have no allegiance to making things work better for the people served by government. They also have to be taught by the civil service workers what the fuck to do and how to do it. The more political appointees are placed in these jobs, the worse government services get. At the end of each administration, the "poorly educated" crony employees appointed in service positions try to convert to regular civil servants and hence the permanent workforce increases.

My niece retired from her OPM job that she had held for 20 years. Four men and one woman were hired withing two weeks to do the job she had been doing alone. (Bush admin)