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So why did we Federalize the Airport screeners again?

Demo's are going to squeal like a stuck pig!

The General Accounting Office has determined that public-private competition could save taxpayers 30 percent on each contract.

"Now we see the real White House agenda - it's not homeland security, it's union busting," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Were you sober a day to figure this out?

"The Bush administration officials are at war with reliable and experienced rank-and-file federal employees," said Bobby L. Harnage Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

There might be a handful of reliable and experienced rank-and-file federal employees out there, but I've yet to run across many. They certainly aren't in large supply at the motor vehicle agencies, the IRS or the SS Admin.

No money will be saved by hiring contractors. Nothing the government ever does lessens expenditures. If Bush is really serious, sell USPS for a lot of dough and then prune the government top layers by ten per cent per year for three years.. They are non-union and they are the gross fat. Mandate that each agency must eliminate 30 per cent of all supervisory personell within three years. Then watch them run for cover.

Out sourcing the "workers" does nothing, the cost most likely will be higher.

What would anyone expect Mr. Harnage to say, he works for the Unions. However the government is weighted down with thousands of union protected unqualified employees. This Bureaucracy is so huge it almost outstrips the civilian population at this point with millions and millions tied to the Federal and States tit. The Trojan Horse, Mr. Harnage claims the Bush Administration is going to use as a Union buster, is actually a more equitable and fair way to run the government. The supposed Trojan Horse belongs to Mr. Harnage and his post as the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

Angela Styles is most correct when she says ”... public-private competition should be the norm. That readers is what we have lost with this behemoth we call the Federal Government, that animal is in competition with the people rather than the other way round which is what the Founding Fathers were so concerned about. Mr.Harnage is fighting for his life and his lively hood...the taxpayer’s dollar he so dearly needs. The “civilians” are not protected; we must compete with his unions for lesser dollars and pay their salaries at the same time with our taxes. Fair? I don’t think so. Unions need to learn how to live as lean as the rest of us. Senator Kennedy can go kite flying with Mr. Harnage.