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Contractors usually outsource base services at higher cost than the military itself

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aliases@vine_base_2015, loc. 678

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Contractors usually outsource base services at higher cost than the military itself

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Proponents of outsourcing the work of building, running, and supplying bases overseas argue that contractors save the government and taxpayers money, and that, as Major Elliott suggested, they allow the military to focus on its combat duties. But research suggests that this is often not the case. On base and off, contractors tend to provide services at higher costs than the military itself. Around the globe, military bases have become an important source of corporate profit making, diverting hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from domestic needs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 678

But research suggests that this is often not the case. On base and off, contractors tend to provide services at higher costs than the military itself. Around the globe, military bases have become an important source of corporate profit making, diverting hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from domestic needs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 678

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  • XREF: Directly supports the book’s thesis for the reader: base spending diverts hundreds of billions from domestic needs. — connects to: Outsourcing passed military labor needs to foreign contractors paid far less; Military contractors cost two to three times more than Pentagon civilians doing identical work. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 710; Cost-plus contracting structurally incentivizes contractors to inflate government costs.
  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 678

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