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You don't think they actually spend 20K on a hammer, 30K on a toilet seat, or 1.7 trillion on a fighter jet program, do you?
by devoutsalsa 5y ago
You don't think they actually spend 20K on a hammer, 30K on a toilet seat, or 1.7 trillion on a fighter jet program, do you?
- mhh__ 5y agoIs it not 1.7T over it's whole lifetime? As far as I'm aware it is.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoYeah, it is. Hence "fighter jet program". Why use the cost of just one jet when you can use the cost of the entire program? Never ruin a "good" joke by being moderate.
- andbberger 5y agotoo bad we don't get any special access trains when we spend billions more than the rest of the world on transit projects.
- chrisjc 5y agoNot discount your assertion, but wasn't the $20K cost of the hammer due to the material it was made from? Something about having to work in a spark free environment?
- Symmetry 5y agoThe hammer and the documentation associated with proving that they weren't spending excess money on the hammer and providing a chain of responsibility if that hammer breaks. Plus cost-plus contracting encourages companies to find clever ways to spend more money on everything since their profits are a fixed percentage of their costs. Seriously, yes it is actually that screwed up, that money is going into salaries for stupid makework and profits rather than black budgets.
- hnbear 5y ago$400 ashtray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9kH_HOUXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9kH_HOUXM