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So it’s better to make it less efficient and more expensive? I know two people who were DOGE’d and asked to come back. Both are getting 4x what they earned before as contractors.
Cutting USAID was probably the only coldly efficient thing DOGE has done. Everything else has just been stupid and ineffective.
Space hand?
Yes, everyone I know of has been rehired. They're rare talent. Moreover, there are serious security implications if they e.g. emigrated to China. Not sure on short or long term contractually, but I know all of them are now looking at this as a stepping stone to private industry. (Though I suppose they're technically already there.)