I think I have a pretty good idea of your philosophical leanings on the subject of labor law, but I'll say this anyway for other readers. "Right-to-work" laws should really be termed "opportunity-to-work" laws, because the economic theory is that by lowering the potential risks for employers, they will be more willing to take those risks. Yes, you have the "right" to be fired immediately, but without those laws you might never have had the job in the first place.

"Contractor" in this sense does not necessarily mean "independent contractor". Most "government contractors" are employees of firms and get paid on W-2s like anybody else. The "contract" is government with firm, not government with individual.

Making them regular old unionized state workers makes them incredibly hard to fire, among other things. so you end up with a higher head count than you might otherwise, because you have to hire people to carry the dead weight.

Doubtful. Who is going to pay for all of these replacement body parts? We can barely pay for the Viagra and Lipitor we get now.

Motivations for employees are always selfish - that's basic compensation theory. The trick is to try to align the rewards with the goals for the company or organization that you wish to accomplish, so that in serving their selfish interests, the employees are also serving the interests of the organization.

You have to consider the personal incentives for managers with budget authority. If you manage a shrinking department, there's no rewards for spending less money. Your prestige and responsibility shrink, and your career path dwindles. For better or for worse, all of the incentives for budget managers are towards bigger and bigger spending allocations.

You might be surprised at what agencies and have requirements for the most computing resources. Sure, DoD and NASA are high on the list, but so are IRS, SSA, CMS. Operational agencies that serve most Americans have HUGE amounts of data to manage.

You must not be aware of how many government data centers are already privately operated.

If the government gets big enough, it won't be able to stand up at all... kinda like one of those 800 lb fat people on Maury who can't get out of bed and has to have breakfast trucked in and shoveled... never mind. **shudder**