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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by tsimionescu on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:58AM (#34954105)
> Anyone with those skills will surely be able to earn 10x more in the private sector.

This seems extremely easy to solve then, if it weren't for weird hangups about government employee salaries vs government spending.

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Re:Consultants, The real reason it costs so much to build ne... by bobthepanda on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:16AM (#34954200)
It’s unfortunately not weird, or at least not uncommon. It’s the party platform of one of the two major parties and probably over half of the second one also doesn’t like the idea of paying competitive salaries.
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