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Federal Contractors Dominate Washington Scene
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Without a public debate or formal policy decision, contractors have become a virtual fourth branch of government. On the rise for decades, spending on federal contracts has soared during the Bush administration, to about $400 billion last year from $207 billion in 2000, fueled by the war in Iraq, domestic security and Hurricane Katrina, but also by a philosophy that encourages outsourcing almost everything government does. (New York Times [1], Sunday)
This is what passes for privatization.
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Privatization: Two Perils [2] by Ridgway K. Foley, Jr.
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/washington/04contract.html?_r=1amp;ref=todayspaperamp;oref=slogin
[2] Privatization: Two Perils: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=1374
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