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Is this like in Eastern Europe/Balkans, like when someone new comes to power they terminate the contracts(aka the grifts) signed by the previous regime, so they
by FirmwareBurner 2y ago
Is this like in Eastern Europe/Balkans, like when someone new comes to power they terminate the contracts(aka the grifts) signed by the previous regime, so they can give them to their own friends instead, then rinse and repeat at the next election cycle?
- eej71 2y agoUnfortunately that's the direction we are likely headed in. However, I suspect that in this case, the contracts were overpriced and faced an endless series of delays and extensions. Of course, the next set of contracts will probably have the same issue. So meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- icegreentea2 2y agoI mean, there's certainly some of that happening right now (and has probably always happened to some degree even in America). That being said, I think these specific cuts have a real possibility of being genuine. I believe this because: * They actually do align with long-term thinking. In general, the DoD (and the federal government... and really all North American government as a whole) has been on a multi-decade slide of out sourcing more and more capabilities to consultancies. This HAS made us all worse at governing. Hegseth (for better and worse) has the cover to make this type of cut while riding out whatever bumps might come out of this. * Hegseth also needs to create cover. He's probably about to get a giant budget increase (~900billion to an even trillion). Actions like this allow him to backup his claim that yes - America is spending more on defense, but we're doing so better. That said, who knows how this specific case will end up.