It’s often worth asking: Who’s benefiting? True we have an army (and a navy and an air force and marines and the national guard…) and we are already paying quite handsomely for them. But if we pay for mercenaries, think of the profits! This is crony capitalism. This is outsourcing jobs that are traditionally done by the governemnt to the private sector.
There are people who genuinely believe that such outsourcing will save money because of the alleged efficiencies of the private sector. We’re seeing that all over the place. There are also people who couldn’t give a fuck whether it is more efficient, because it will line their own pockets, or the pockets of their friends. And we’re seeing a lot of that too.
