Also everything left will become more expensive: anyone bidding on a government contract needs to allocate more overhead money to account for refusal to pay as

Also everything left will become more expensive: anyone bidding on a government contract needs to allocate more overhead money to account for refusal to pay as well as additional legal and accounting expenses, and trying to hire anyone for federal jobs costs more for less-qualified applicants when they can expect to be treated like this. When they talk about the government being too inefficient, it’s a promise rather than analysis.