Return to Article: Lawmaker seeks to head off Army Corps job competition
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The federal government should not perform work that its own citizenry can do without significant justification.
Does anyone argue the logic behind that statement? Basically, that is what the A-76 program is all about - let's see if the population can do the work better/cheaper. The arguments always come out when any work is nominated for competition. There has been a case made that the work performed by people serving the food in military dining halls is "inherently governmental" because they might contaminate the food to incapacitate the armed forces personnel they serve!
A suggestion - always weigh the arguments against what the individual stands to gain. In this case, there is some element of truth that you can make a tie to homeland security, but there is an element of truth in the same claim for those cafeteria workers. Operating the locks is an essentially commercial task similar (though far less complex) to many shipyards' drydock engineers.
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This is the dumbest arguement I have ever heard concerning homeland security. The popular political cry today is homeland security. The mayor of DC is using it to stop closure of Walter Reed and now Congress is using it to stop competition on locks on the Mississippi. The entire Army Corps operation should be put out for bids. Private companies could do the job better and cheaper, particularly if they outsourced to India and China.
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