The 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 h

The 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.