[dcwusmc]

And this shrinks government HOW? The fact remains the functions are not going away, only the matter of who performs them... and this is not necessarily a good thing. Gooberment agents are bound in ways private contractors would NOT be...

[Southack]

"And this shrinks government HOW? The fact remains the functions are not going away, only the matter of who performs them... and this is not necessarily a good thing."

It shrinks government by reducing the number of unfire-able federal employees. It shrinks government by opening jobs up to MARKET-BASED competition. It shrinks government by giving the President the authority to downsize various agencies. Do you honestly think that the President had that full and unfettered authority in the past?!

You asked for an example. You claimed that no such example could ever be provided. Yet in mere seconds I gave you such an example.

Now you are left to dance around the fact that Bush is indeed advancing plans to shrink government (e.g. privatizing Social Security, reducing taxes, opening salaried federal jobs up to private sector market competition, etc.). That must really chap your fringe party A**...

[redrock]

"And this shrinks government HOW?"

Neither the Republicans or the Democrats really WANT to shrink government......which is obvious since neither party has even tried.

redrock