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One big factor is that defense contractors have been consolidating. With fewer and fewer contractors that they can go to, and a revolving door where the people
by btilly 7y ago
One big factor is that defense contractors have been consolidating.
With fewer and fewer contractors that they can go to, and a revolving door where the people approving purchases today get plushy jobs tomorrow with the company that they approved, the incentives are to approve giant projects for lots of money that require a lot of integration, and turn a blind eye towards failure. The result is that we are spending more, but getting less for our money.
- mschuster91 7y ago> The result is that we are spending more, but getting less for our money. You're getting jobs in electoral districts somewhere in the outback, which means that the politicians passing the funds in the first place get to keep re-elected. Cut the shitshow off its lifeline and suddenly you have a lot of representatives with a riled up suddenly job-less workforce.