A lot of spending is corrupt like that: One F-22 part in every Congressional district? That's hugely wasteful. I remember reading a few years back about some k

A lot of spending is corrupt like that: One F-22 part in every Congressional district? That's hugely wasteful. I remember reading a few years back about some kind of troop transport that cost a cool billion to make - and the armed forces didn't want it any more! They had enough, they didn't want more, but it was built in an important senator's district, so they kept making this useless transport that they military didn't want. Way too much corruption and pork in American politics. The government should be ruthless about getting the best prices. Whenever you do business, you assume a risk you can't collect - with the government, it's the most stable game in town, and they have economies of scale. They should be getting between a 10% and 70% discount over market rates on everything they buy, instead of paying 20% to 4000% premiums like they do.