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2. If your husband is working for a "beltway bandit"

Reply to SujiwanKenobee (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:20 AM

Apr 2016

The whole nature of that work is temporary with employment forecast only to the end of the contract. Some contracts are continuing, but others for a specific study or task have a fixed termination date. I used to have contract money in my office and was always deluged by contractors to gin up a new study just to keep their people employed.

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