[wolverine876]

> I'd rather risk that every tenth contract is fraudulent than have every contract cost twice as much with the government doing it themselves.

If you create the numbers, you'll reach your expected conclusion.

> There's just zero incentive for government employees to work quickly and efficiently.

Stop demonizing people. Just talk to some government employees. The article talks about how management works at DOE labs.

[luckylion]

I'm not demonizing anyone, I'm talking about incentives.

And I've come to my understanding of how they work on government employees by talking to, and working with (as a consultant), government employees. There's a certain bureaucratic counterproductivity that I've only ever encountered in government employees.

If that doesn't match your experience and government in your area is highly efficient and you wouldn't change a thing, that's great and I envy you, but it's not my experience at all.

[wolverine876]

> government in your area is highly efficient and you wouldn't change a thing

More strawperson hyberbole. Hyberbole expresses only emotion; it adds nothing and gives us nothing to talk about on the merits.

So, you're feeling frustrated? Angry?

[1letterunixname]

Please don't antagonize a commenter or trivialize their condition. There are millions of frustrated Americans who can't articulate their discomforts much less their sources. There are many possibilities:

1. Loss of privilege and prestige socially and/or geopolitically

2. Lower income, more stress, working harder, and less financial freedom to have a happy enough life

3. Loss of community

4. Loss of safety

[luckylion]

Annoyed, I'd say, but it's okay. You want to talk about something else than what I was talking about. I cannot follow you there.