Expect the D.C. Administrative State to Defend Itself by Any Means Necessary

American Thinker ^ | 24 Nov, 2024 | William Sullivan

[AndyJackson]

There is a key point here that folks utterly fail to understand. Federal employees are certainly a problem and there are too many of them. But as a fraction of federal spending they are but a small part. The huge problem and what makes the deepstate a leviathan is the use of support contractors as not just an augmentation of the federal bureaucracy, but as a force multiplier. While there is a lot of inefficiency in defense contracting, the manufacturers of advanced weapons systems are actually providing stuff we need, if badly. The real waste are all the millions of people who provide inside the beltway consulting on how to do stuff without actually doing anything. There are towering buldings around the DC beltway filled with these people, but no one actually builds anything within 100 miles of DC.

Oh and then there is the Pentagon procurement which is part and parcel of this bigger problem.

But stop paying inside the beltway folks huge sums on contract to do what feds are not allowed to do and you will get rid of a lot of the problem.

Sure feds are a problem. But fed salaries don't pay for $10M homes in McClean VA and Potomac Md.

[Gay State Conservative]

DC Administrative State? That’s a pretty highbrow way of saying “Swamp”!

[mikey_hates_everything]

I know of contractor program managers working for GDIT making north of $400k. Too many of their bosses are retired Generals and SIS/SESs making even more. Fed salaries are capped at $191k.

[Carl Vehse]

"Expect the D.C. Administrative State to Defend Itself Commit Treason by Any Means Necessary"

There. Fixed it.

[UnwashedPeasant]

We are overdue for another 9/11, with national security agencies having been focused on political enemies.

[damper99]

None will comply willingly or allow workers to be fired from the fed payroll. There are not enough courts or time to prosecute those that refuse. Even if there were, DC juries won’t convict anyone resisting. They’ll play the long game to run out the clock.