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That falls under the category of "bad deals" too.
by MicroBerto 10y ago
That falls under the category of "bad deals" too.
- Bartweiss 10y agoIt does, I don't disagree, but it seems worth separating "bad deals we actively picked" from "bad deals our laws forced us to make".
- MicroBerto 10y agoCorrect, and leads me back to my original point. Our nation's best minds are simply not in politics - they're in business, engineering, finance, or are retired. Anyone even suggesting that we take the lowest bid by default is unfit for office.
- nikdaheratik 10y agoExcept that is exactly what the law says they must do in some cases. In some cases it is left up to discretion, or we are allowed to choose a U.S. company bid over a foreign company, but government procurement does not work the same as private enterprise. OTOH, the scale we're talking about is also vastly different, and the companies involved are ultimately responsible to the taxpayers rather than just being responsible to their shareholders so there is more overhead and paperwork as well.