It's been a decade

still tho, it was a disgrace

if you want the gov to spend less money, they you need to retain the quality people that can look at the contractor trying to sell them their new experimental widget and go, "We don't need that"

instead, the contractors have supercomputers

When somebody says they to support the right to bear arms.

the gov rep has a stone tablet

you get what you pay for

Bureaucrats don't know shit about efficiency, they're out for expanding cost and budget

The US Army has repeatedly told Congress that they neither need nor *want* more Abrams tanks (b/c we're not fighting a land war w/ Russia), but the retards on the budget committee (many of them *civvies* who have no fucking idea what they're doing) **keep buying more fucking tanks w/ taxpayer $$$** <:thunk:462282216467333140>

the humvee problem was a function of contractors that skimpped on materials and logistics

to save a buck

@Thundermark propping up local jobs

Congress doesn't DO any of the work

that's the issue

It's all about the war economy

My uni is considering cancelling classses

welp

congress ddoesn't understand shit when the allocate funds to fielld new platforms

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> @Thundermark propping up local jobs
@Jim yes. But those local jobs could be manufacturing something *useful* instead

and DC is always trying to get gov reps to cut corners when it comes to requirements gathering used to contract systems out to contractors

@Thundermark you think those bureaucrats on capital hill give a shit? It's easier to give stimulus into a trusted weapons manufacturer than to figure out better allocation of money.

if the requirements are inaccurate, if their isn't s tringent set of checks to keep the contractor honest, you end up with shit

> @Thundermark you think those bureaucrats on capital hill give a shit? It's easier to give stimulus into a trusted weapons manufacturer than to figure out better allocation of money.
@Jim that's why they need to be *removed*

>college has a fallback date
>has given me a whiteboard and several books for the rest of the academic term.

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bureaucrats in the chat be like

they literally had gov people HELPING contractors complete the work

that's just a disaster

because if i am working on something, if it's mine, i have less times to be as critical in terms of ensuring everything as it needs to be. you NEVER check your own work

Do any of these idiots controlling the government from behind the scenes even know anything about the economy?

They're too insulated from actual costs on the ground

you always need someone else to serve as a check after you have done your best and 'think' everything is sat

not really jim

You know, in medieval times, a noble's capacity to wage war was tied to his personal finances. If you wagered badly on a stupid war, you might go penniless, and find your lands alienated away <:hyperthink:462282519883284480>

agreed

it SHOULD be that way

Maybe we need to make Congress *personally pay* for their fuckups

After a few of those idiots go bankrupt, maybe the rest will learn

of course managing 310mil is alittle more difficult than a couple 1000s