Yes, contractors cost more, perform worse, and are harder to manage. But they can be fired at will without collecting benefits, and most importantly this will allow them to sell off these government agencies to the private sector for nothing like they wanted all along (like Russia did in the 1990s).
Reposted from Alexander Tin
We're told FDA Commissioner Marty makary has now greenlighted a plan to address at least some of agency's steep layoffs: hire contractors to replace laid-off federal employees

"It's a waste," one laid-off FDA official said

www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-rep...

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