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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by acdha on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:48PM (#40107650)
Yes, the GS scale is a problem. My point was that it’s not a problem because we’re trying to save money – if that were the case, someone would notice that raising the cap to allow a $300k civil service job is cheaper than allowing the same job to be performed by a $500k contractor who takes home less and is replaced more frequently.

Politics enters the picture because the pay cap is derived from the salaries for politicians rather than what expertise is valued at on the open market:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-admi...

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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by nobodyandproud on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:27PM (#40107991)
Yes, but “saving money” is your point and strawman; I never said anything about saving money, nor did I imply it.

GS in general cannot grow when the market pay was distorted by both lack of tax funds; and when those driving market pay has a disproportionate amount of wealth to corner the labor market, in order to prevent the hiring of engineers by other industries.

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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by acdha on Sunday April 21, 2024 @05:26PM (#40109385)
I think you misunderstood: I agree that lack of tax funds is a problem in other areas but in this specific case it isn’t because the same or greater amount of money is already being spent.
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