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I thought that 'lowest bidder wins' was an American phenomenon? Certainly, Boeing and others have figured out how to game the system here in the states and abro

I thought that 'lowest bidder wins' was an American phenomenon? Certainly, Boeing and others have figured out how to game the system here in the states and abroad.

VMG 11y ago
> I thought that 'lowest bidder wins' was an American phenomenon? Why should it be?
- happyscrappy 11y ago
  Because Europe cares about people not money, like in Greece.
  - madez 11y ago
    Oh, the irony, bitter - just like medicine.
  - jmnicolas 11y ago
    I'm European ... and I upvoted you. They sold us the EU as a big brotherhood of the European people, instead we got a giant bureaucracy at the service of big corpo.
nier 11y ago
My german architect clients say: “Ze lowest bidder wins to start ze project with ze highest bidder’s plans.” Which is funny when you squint enough to ignore the tragedy.