It's compassionate conservatism gone mad!
The Washington Post revealed last week that the Bush administration
"has been studying whether a private contractor should take over the
custodial and food services provided by 21 federal employees at the
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda."
As part of Bush's "competitive sourcing" initiative, civil servants
working in all areas of government have to "prove they can do their
work better and more cheaply than a private contractor, or risk seeing
the work outsourced."
Sounds like a good idea in principle, but here's the catch: the 21
federal employees providing custodial and food services at the
National Naval Medical Center are all mentally retarded -
"beneficiaries of federal policies that promote the employment of
people with disabilities."
See how this works?
Bush is perfectly happy to throw $87 billion at Iraq, but then turns
round and decides that he wants to shave a couple dollars off the
budget by firing government workers with disabilities.
That's compassionate conservatism in a nutshell, folks: more money for
Halliburton in Iraq, more disabled Americans out of a job and out on
the streets.
Disgraceful.
From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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