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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Phoebe Vet"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"] <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I can’t disagree with that as far as it goes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I do believe that, for a host of fundamental reasons, government is the least efficient producer of goods and services 99% of the time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" mce_keep="true"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#990000>That would explain why every time the military subcontracts one of it's functions, like feeding the troops, guarding VIPs, or transporting material, out to a civilian contractor the cost quadruples.</FONT></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>No, I think that what would explain why the cost quadruples every time the military subcontracts one of it's functions out to a civilian contractor, is the fact that the government is the prime contractor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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