Comments on: Isn’t This Rich: Senate votes to privatize its failing restaurant http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/ in all matter of opinion, our adversaries are insane. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-724166 FrmrArtyOffcr Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:31:25 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/#comment-724166 David, the reason why anything for the military is outsourced to outside contractors is because the outside contractor can do it for less than the military can. The only reason why an outside contractor even bids on a contract is with the intent of turning a profit. I was a motor officer and for a few weeks filled in for the supply officer. I saw exactly how the military is set up to act as inefficiently outside of combat as possible. It drove me crazy. The military supply system is set up to encourage waste and fraud. No private business could work that way. As long as the government can wantonly vote for waste and then pass confiscatory tax policies to fund it, there is no incentive to not be wasteful. At least until the people are overtaxed to the point of revolt. Ever hear the phrase "Taxation without representation"? It's what lead to the American Revolution. Taxation to the point of starvation lead to the French and Russian revolutions. Those didn't turn out so well for the people in charge. Of course that would get some of these idiotic leftist dinosaurs from the 60s out of the government once and for all... "Off with their heads!" David, the reason why anything for the military is outsourced to outside contractors is because the outside contractor can do it for less than the military can. The only reason why an outside contractor even bids on a contract is with the intent of turning a profit. I was a motor officer and for a few weeks filled in for the supply officer. I saw exactly how the military is set up to act as inefficiently outside of combat as possible. It drove me crazy. The military supply system is set up to encourage waste and fraud. No private business could work that way. As long as the government can wantonly vote for waste and then pass confiscatory tax policies to fund it, there is no incentive to not be wasteful. At least until the people are overtaxed to the point of revolt. Ever hear the phrase “Taxation without representation”? It’s what lead to the American Revolution. Taxation to the point of starvation lead to the French and Russian revolutions. Those didn’t turn out so well for the people in charge. Of course that would get some of these idiotic leftist dinosaurs from the 60s out of the government once and for all… “Off with their heads!”

]]> By: NY-David http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-724050 NY-David Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/#comment-724050 Last time I checked, goverment entities aren't judged to turn a profit, but to provide a service where a regular business can't. When I was in the Army, much of the catering was out-sourced, clean and well-run. Not sure if they made a profit, but I do know that there was no shortage of contractors ready to do business. That said, not every government entity, even if it isn't profit-motivated, should be judged on wheter it makes a profit, doesn't mean that all book-keeping should be chucked. NY-David Last time I checked, goverment entities aren’t judged to turn a profit, but to provide a service where a regular business can’t.
When I was in the Army, much of the catering was out-sourced, clean and well-run. Not sure if they made a profit, but I do know that there was no shortage of contractors ready to do business.
That said, not every government entity, even if it isn’t profit-motivated, should be judged on wheter it makes a profit, doesn’t mean that all book-keeping should be chucked.
NY-David

]]> By: Robert http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-724042 Robert Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:41:04 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/#comment-724042 Another example of arrogance, elitism, and hypocrisy by the corrupt vermin who call themselves our representatives. To think taxpayer money is subsidizing their lunches. Aren't they gorging themselves enough at the public trough enough already, even as they do nothing useful in return? Oh, I forgot: Congress recently investigated steroid use in baseball! Now THERE's something really important! Another example of arrogance, elitism, and hypocrisy by the corrupt vermin who call themselves our representatives.

To think taxpayer money is subsidizing their lunches. Aren’t they gorging themselves enough at the public trough enough already, even as they do nothing useful in return? Oh, I forgot: Congress recently investigated steroid use in baseball! Now THERE’s something really important!

]]> By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-724035 FrmrArtyOffcr Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:07:52 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2008/06/09/isnt-this-rich-senate-votes-to-privatize-its-failing-restaurant/#comment-724035 Of course they haven't turned a profit, they're run by the government and efficiency is NOT a hallmark of anything that the government does. Of course they haven’t turned a profit, they’re run by the government and efficiency is NOT a hallmark of anything that the government does.

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