My problem with is not with the contractors themselves but the fact that the DOD could have used that money to first properly supply the soldiers. Think of the average soldier in a combat zone. He is under paid and not properly equipt. He then sees a contractor drive by fully armed, equipt and to pour salt on the wound, better paid. This causes soldiers to leave the service and go to the private security field. Further decreasing our military man power, losing good leaders and combat experience soldiers within the military. If the US had excess funds after being able to provide soldiers with better equipment then I would have no objections to contracting out but that has never been the case. Dedicated soldiers that are willing to go to a combat zone for his/her country should not be taken for granted by its leaders with low quality or lack of equipment. And then pay billions to contractor companies that use the same money to buy top rated equipment for their contractors and still turn a HUGE profit. Something in this just doesn't add up.

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