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I'm not sure people understand how much the federal workforce is a giant social works program. They're going to privatize everything and the pay will lower and lower to non-livable wages. That includes war.
The other side of the coin is that government workers are actually cheaper than contractors. So smaller government workforce means we pay more for the same government services, and we loose a large employer with more strict standards for employment.
A loose-loose for the general public!
It's worth noting that we also lose on the output, contractors tend to underperform compared to long term stable employees.
So there's a case to be made that it is even lose/lose/lose (more expensive/worse outcomes/loss of economic stimulus of good stable jobs).