> Correlation? Yes, but not always in the way you expect. Because people tend to distrust government with money, they often tend to try and spend the least amo

> Correlation? Yes, but not always in the way you expect. Because people tend to distrust government with money, they often tend to try and spend the least amount of money for software. Everyone who works in software knows that that often means that you get a shitty product. On the other end of the spectrum is government being afraid to deliver a product that isn't 100% perfect. So they end up paying loads of money and delaying releases because of scope creep. I've done a lot of consulting in government and these are two things I've seen there a lot.