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13. A reason why govt contracting is bad

Reply to Justice (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2017, 09:44 AM

May 2017

We want full time govt employees who are loyal to the country.

Replacing them with contractors (who don't get the same orientation and have the same bond to the institution) weakens our nation.

Snowden was a contractor. Whatever you think about him, he now lives in Russia and is a tool of Russian propaganda.

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A reason why govt contracting is bad american_ideals May 2017 #13