Jon Barker

So I once heard Elon Musk once say that socialism is "GDP as a percentage of Government/Private Sector."

I thought to myself, I'd like to measure that... and so I did.

The areas shaded in red below indicate when government contributions to GDP were greater than the private sector.

You can measure the GDP at the local level... total government versus private businesses.

Employment Cost Index Summary - 2025 Q01 Results

🚨Hot off the Bureau of Labor Statistics presses...

You should be using this data to validate your #govcon #proposal #pricing labor escalation.

You can even drill down into a specific sector if you want to be fancy.

www.bls.gov/news.release...

Sad to hear… but true to the end. They’d rather die than be socialists

My family lost our first dog of 15 years about 6 months ago.

So we decided to get a new pup…

Introducing Banksy “Banks”

Such a joy watching my children play with their new best friend

Well so were vaccines, like measles, once touted as a great public achievement too

Great stuff here by @washingtonhorizon.com about #gsa

Thank you. I’m gonna share this on LinkedIn

Ok. So I’m sure he’ll have some folks willing to state that in public…

I’ll be waiting …

Yeah. When you are voting at the UN with Russia, China, and North Korea, other countries will start worrying about human rights

Ugh. Dealing with GSA is generally terrible

Yup, where there is “adequate” competition, there is no need for this analysis.

Buyer beware though as I suspect these options wont be renewed

Curious which companies or individuals audits won’t be conducted now

To understand #govcon pricing, you must understand how to calculate your fully loaded cost rate.

You take your direct labor costs and multiply by your #wrap rate.

Don't look up

www.msn.com/en-us/tv/new...

Big thing things brewing at our 1MC events here in #wilmingtonnc

GSA considers takeover of contracting work at other agencies amid reorganization GSA's reorganization plans also link back to the Trump administration's longstanding plans to merge OPM and GSA into a single agency.

Doesn't GSA already do this?!

federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganizati...

They aren’t here. They are all on X

Probably ought to let DC code enforcement know about this

YUGE ROI. The best

There’s something “right” in the world today, WHEN EVERYBODY KNOWS ITS WRONG!

Curious how they received the email if they were fired?

Thought I'd share this excellent #govcon #doge tracker from my friends over G2X:

app.g2xchange.com/doge-tracker

Check it out @mcuban.bsky.social

Good to know if you’re on a #gsa #govcon schedule or contemplating getting one

This is a good template for Fed workers to use in the #doge era

bart simpson from the simpsons says " selling your soul in a buyers market " ALT: bart simpson from the simpsons says " selling your soul in a buyers market "

It’s rather hard to like a person, who is richer than .001% of the world’s population, who sold their sole for more money, power, and influence.

DOGE claim it saved $8 billion by canceling an $8 million contract raises questions about its ‘wall of receipts’ | CNN Politics Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency disclosed for the first time this week a snapshot of some of the government contracts it has canceled, claiming to have saved taxpayers about $55 billio...

Thought I would share this from a #govcon insider as the #doge data reporting is dodgy.

Check it out —->

www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...

Guess we want seniors to be scammed now #doge

Sam Bush in #wilmingtonnc

Always a good reminder...

FOCUS on the things you can control!