Military-industrial-complex: So, do you wanna buy some widgets? Lt. Milo Minderbender: well the Army can sure always use more widgets! We’ll need to lock in a

Military-industrial-complex: So, do you wanna buy some widgets? Lt. Milo Minderbender: well the Army can sure always use more widgets! We’ll need to lock in a contract for spare parts too, so you have to agree to supply spares at a reasonable cost. MIC: how about instead you take this extended service contract where you pay us to do any necessary repairs? MM: well that doesn’t seem like a great deal - we’d be on the hook for arbitrary costs forever and you’d have no incentive to make widgets that work. MIC: we really don’t want to agree to a fixed parts cost schedule. That would annoy our shareholders. MM: well, we are the US Army, so you can take it or leave it. Who else are you going to sell widgets to? MIC: ah, but Milo - we can call you Milo, right? - have you considered that you’re coming up on the end of your service? MM: Not for a few years… MIC: Sure, but I mean, when you get out… it’d be nice if there was a job at a military widget contractor waiting for you…