How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaireā€”and is now struggling to rein him in.

  • CoderKat@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Donā€™t forget potentially underpay people. I donā€™t believe thatā€™s happening for SpaceX specifically, but it does for many other competitors to government jobs. Government jobs arenā€™t necessarily super high pay, but they usually have solid pay with excellent benefits, pension, and work/life balance.

    So when jobs move from the public to private sector, it often comes at the cost of employees. And in some extreme cases, employees are paid so little that they have to rely on government benefits to get by, which is extremely dumb. Thatā€™s subsidizing the private sector.

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      From what Iā€™ve heard itā€™s true. If you have a job offer from NASA and one from SpaceX, the NASA one is better.