Message from @Jim

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2020-03-12 16:34:20 UTC  

@Thundermark propping up local jobs

2020-03-12 16:34:26 UTC  

Congress doesn't DO any of the work

2020-03-12 16:34:30 UTC  

that's the issue

2020-03-12 16:34:37 UTC  

It's all about the war economy

2020-03-12 16:34:50 UTC  

My uni is considering cancelling classses

2020-03-12 16:34:52 UTC  

welp

2020-03-12 16:34:59 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:35:00 UTC  

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2020-03-12 16:35:06 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:35:56 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:36:12 UTC  

@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.

2020-03-12 16:36:24 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:36:30 UTC  

> @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*

2020-03-12 16:36:33 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:36:36 UTC  

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2020-03-12 16:36:46 UTC  

bureaucrats in the chat be like

2020-03-12 16:36:47 UTC  

they literally had gov people HELPING contractors complete the work

2020-03-12 16:36:49 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/678531385123667998/687700638519525503/Longshanks.jpg

2020-03-12 16:36:53 UTC  

that's just a disaster

2020-03-12 16:37:53 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:38:00 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:38:22 UTC  

They're too insulated from actual costs on the ground

2020-03-12 16:38:35 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:38:47 UTC  

not really jim

2020-03-12 16:38:50 UTC  

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>

2020-03-12 16:39:00 UTC  

agreed

2020-03-12 16:39:05 UTC  

it SHOULD be that way

2020-03-12 16:39:31 UTC  

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

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

2020-03-12 16:39:31 UTC  

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

2020-03-12 16:39:39 UTC  

tru

2020-03-12 16:39:43 UTC  

especially when you can't execute people that piss you off

2020-03-12 16:39:49 UTC  

would be NICE though

2020-03-12 16:39:55 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/678531385123667998/687701418907664406/1549064990319.gif

2020-03-12 16:40:10 UTC  

**SOVIET ANTHEM INTENSIFIES**

2020-03-12 16:40:21 UTC  

fuck the soviets

2020-03-12 16:40:39 UTC  

some people don't learn unless they are whacked with a club a few times

2020-03-12 16:41:08 UTC  

> some people don't learn unless they are whacked with a club a few times
@ManAnimal

2020-03-12 16:41:12 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/678531385123667998/687701741680197632/fae.jpg

2020-03-12 16:41:26 UTC  

a gulag is the exact opposite

2020-03-12 16:41:37 UTC  

it's where you send people to disappear

2020-03-12 16:41:41 UTC  

the problem is, Congress essentially has a *blank check* to gamble w/ **our** lives, liberty, and property, and almost **zero** direct accountability for it