Dear DUers of the US Northeast...

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11. In most places some if not all plowing is contracted out

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I know a number of people who have been plowing for decades that always have both private and Gov work. I have a family member who plows all winter and has been doing it since he was 16, he is 72 now and always had at least 1 gov contract be it state, county or town. If it were not for the contract plow jobs many folks would have no other work all winter and would just sit around and collect.

In my town to plow, appx 1200 miles of roads, there are 5 full time people to do the job, they also do other work to but they are the plow drivers and only 5 trucks for the job. If it were not for the contract plow drivers, the roads would bot be cleared in a timely fashion.

Contracting out gov services is not bad but it should only be used to augment gov workers as needed and not use contractors as a substitute for gov workers.