"Imperialist Watch" <hous-217987358@craigslist.org> wrote in message news:45cb38c4$0$28094$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... In Washington, Contractors Take On Biggest Role Ever By SCOTT SHANE and RON NIXON WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 - In June, short of people to process cases of incompetence and fraud by federal contractors, officials at the General Services Administration responded with what has become the government's reflexive answer to almost every problem. Duh, it's called outsourcing, and is a hell of a lot cheaper than hiring dead beats living off the public dole.