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Mamdani's Anti-DOGE City Savings Plan Includes Firing McKinsey, Not Hiring Them (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The real idea is that it shift liability for issues from the politicians to private companies who aren't beholden to anyone.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Not really. Politicians have a lot of control over those contacts and they are written to benefit the government.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Of course they do but reality shows us that they point the finger at the company and the media goes along with it. There always needs to be the facade of plausible deniability.

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