Comments on: VA won’t outsource GI Bill management. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Since2oo6 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5574770 Since2oo6 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:21:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5574770 <a href="http://www.bedavapornoizle.us" rel="nofollow">Bedava Porno izle</a>, Ohh Thanks :) Bedava Porno izle,

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]]> By: thefirehorse http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5284684 thefirehorse Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:39:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5284684 Thank goodness. Can you imagine what would have happened if they had of out sourced this. Because they didn't there will now be more resources available not only to the Vets of the new bill, but will also help existing vets as well. Thank goodness. Can you imagine what would have happened if they had of out sourced this. Because they didn’t there will now be more resources available not only to the Vets of the new bill, but will also help existing vets as well.

]]> By: Perry logan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5284646 Perry logan Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:29:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5284646 <blockquote>How does paying an outside contractor to do a job at a profit save the taxpayers any money? I’ve never understood this obsession the Republicans have with privatizing government services. If they’re privatized, they’re no longer government services.</blockquote> The same way tax cuts stimulate the economy and bring more revenue into government. Republicans are geniuses.

How does paying an outside contractor to do a job at a profit save the taxpayers any money? I’ve never understood this obsession the Republicans have with privatizing government services. If they’re privatized, they’re no longer government services.

The same way tax cuts stimulate the economy and bring more revenue into government. Republicans are geniuses.

]]> By: konchster http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5284512 konchster Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:25:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5284512 Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" should be required reading for all incoming democratic administrators just like Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom was for the repugs making a New World Order Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine” should be required reading for all incoming democratic administrators just like Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom was for the repugs making a New World Order

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283850 Doc Rock Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283850 Hire a Vet! Hire a Vet!

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283820 freeman Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:34:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283820 Dang, another blow against free market capitalism by socialists who have infiltrated the armed services. Dang, another blow against free market capitalism by socialists who have infiltrated the armed services.

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283770 Wayne A. Schneider Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:48:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283770 Hi, SKdeA. Long time, no see. How are you? Have you taken a moment to visit <a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">TheZoo</a> yet? I think you'll like it. Good people blogging there. Hi, SKdeA. Long time, no see. How are you? Have you taken a moment to visit TheZoo yet? I think you’ll like it. Good people blogging there.

]]> By: SKdeA http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283748 SKdeA Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:36:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283748 They will have plenty of young, eager amputees coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan looking for desk jobs. Damn it. They will have plenty of young, eager amputees coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan looking for desk jobs.
Damn it.

]]> By: Crusty Old Bastard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283734 Crusty Old Bastard Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:31:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283734 O/T but I couldn'r resist. McPunchdrunk says he is going to kick Obama's ass tomorrow at the debate. I would suggest that he take a step-ladder and his lunch bucket as he will have to get up pretty high and it will take him a long time. O/T but I couldn’r resist.

McPunchdrunk says he is going to kick Obama’s ass tomorrow at the debate. I would suggest that he take a step-ladder and his lunch bucket as he will have to get up pretty high and it will take him a long time.

]]> By: iwork4vets http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283730 iwork4vets Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:28:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283730 This is the best news for Veterans Education benefits. VA does an excellent job at processing education benefits, this I do know to be true. "Incompetence" is definitely not a word that describes the VA Education Employees. This is the best news for Veterans Education benefits. VA does an excellent job at processing education benefits, this I do know to be true.

“Incompetence” is definitely not a word that describes the VA Education Employees.

]]> By: 5th Estate http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283726 5th Estate Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:26:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283726 "after [the VA] could not find a contractor." What? Bechtel wasn't up to it? KBR? Aegis? They can "support the troops" when they have no oversight and complete immunity and unlimited budgets on which they can slap cost-plus riders, but when it comes to supporting the troops domestically and within a specific budget with the possibility of oversight suddenly the contractors are nowhere to be found! Well what do you know! “after [the VA] could not find a contractor.”

What? Bechtel wasn’t up to it? KBR? Aegis? They can “support the troops” when they have no oversight and complete immunity and unlimited budgets on which they can slap cost-plus riders, but when it comes to supporting the troops domestically and within a specific budget with the possibility of oversight suddenly the contractors are nowhere to be found!

Well what do you know!

]]> By: Crusty Old Bastard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283722 Crusty Old Bastard Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:23:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283722 The difference is two-fold: (1) The Republican view of "Big" Government does not include the number of "Employees" included in the contracts, therefore, even if it is more expensive to the Government it is actually a "Smaller" Government; and (2) it is virtually impossible for a senior Government Executive to make more than his salary if he has no way to "Contract" out funds because Civil Servants don't make enough and are not prone to bribing the a$$-hole they have for a boss. This view is simplistic but true in the arena in which I functioned for thirty years at all levels on both sides: from a GS-3 in 1953 up to a Corporate CEO of a DOD Contracting firm in 1990. The difference is two-fold: (1) The Republican view of “Big” Government does not include the number of “Employees” included in the contracts, therefore, even if it is more expensive to the Government it is actually a “Smaller” Government; and (2) it is virtually impossible for a senior Government Executive to make more than his salary if he has no way to “Contract” out funds because Civil Servants don’t make enough and are not prone to bribing the a$$-hole they have for a boss. This view is simplistic but true in the arena in which I functioned for thirty years at all levels on both sides: from a GS-3 in 1953 up to a Corporate CEO of a DOD Contracting firm in 1990.

]]> By: spencers mom http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283710 spencers mom Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:21:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283710 OT, and I apologize, but I just heard Chris Matthews say that comparing Sarah Palin to Hillary Clinton is like comparing an igloo to the Empire State Building. LMAO! PEACE OT, and I apologize, but I just heard Chris Matthews say that comparing Sarah Palin to Hillary Clinton is like comparing an igloo to the Empire State Building.

LMAO!

PEACE

]]> By: lurker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283712 lurker Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:20:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283712 <strong>"Outsourcing shares blame for Walter Reed problems"</strong> Marin suggested that opponents of competitive sourcing are exploiting the Walker Reed example as a way to rally opposition to the administration’s competitive sourcing agenda. “There were members [at the hearing] who couldn’t resist saying the word ‘privatization’ and screaming ‘Halliburton,’ he said. Some Democrats, including Waxman, noted that <strong>the chief executive officer of IAP Worldwide Services, Al Neffgen, had previously been a senior Halliburton official. </strong> http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2600919 “Outsourcing shares blame for Walter Reed problems”
Marin suggested that opponents of competitive sourcing are exploiting the Walker Reed example as a way to rally opposition to the administration’s competitive sourcing agenda. “There were members [at the hearing] who couldn’t resist saying the word ‘privatization’ and screaming ‘Halliburton,’ he said. Some Democrats, including Waxman, noted that the chief executive officer of IAP Worldwide Services, Al Neffgen, had previously been a senior Halliburton official.
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2600919

]]> By: robbez_92107 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283702 robbez_92107 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:13:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283702 Supporting the troops....when the marketplace forces you to. It's the Rethuglican free market solution to everything! Supporting the troops….when the marketplace forces you to.

It’s the Rethuglican free market solution to everything!

]]> By: celtic cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283698 celtic cynic Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:05:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283698 "... <em>the “level of service [wouldn’t] be the same.” And the level of incompetence would be even greater.</em> “… the “level of service [wouldn’t] be the same.”

And the level of incompetence would be even greater.

]]> By: LiberalVoter http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283696 LiberalVoter Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:04:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283696 Wayne, two thoughts on this. First, it is easier to kill a program if it is outsourced. Second, taxpayer money goes to cronies. Wayne, two thoughts on this. First, it is easier to kill a program if it is outsourced. Second, taxpayer money goes to cronies.

]]> By: lurker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283690 lurker Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:03:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283690 Wasn't it "outsourcing" at Walter Reed that screwed everything up there? Wasn’t it “outsourcing” at Walter Reed that screwed everything
up there?

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-5283686 Wayne A. Schneider Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:02:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/va-cancels-outsourcing/#comment-5283686 How does paying an outside contractor to do a job at a profit save the taxpayers any money? I've never understood this obsession the Republicans have with privatizing government services. If they're privatized, they're no longer government services. How does paying an outside contractor to do a job at a profit save the taxpayers any money? I’ve never understood this obsession the Republicans have with privatizing government services. If they’re privatized, they’re no longer government services.

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