Murphy's Laws of Combat: Your weapon was made by the lowest
bidder. And/or by guys stoned/drunk.
Gladdens my heart that my loved ones are wrapped in armor
assembled by these patriotic Americans...
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
Gladdens my heart that my loved ones are wrapped in armor
Not only are those urban gentleman just plain scum, they are too stupid to even put that stuff down when a camera is up in their face.
Unaccountable.............
This is surely a union shop where labor is unaccountable.....
To quote...."never so many paid so much to do so little".....
Byron
You would be surprised at contract requirements
'minority', 'women' and 'veteran' owned businesses are - by law - given priority on many contracts.
Even if the product is only made by one manufacturer, we have to purchase it from some 'middleman' since the law says we have to buy from that "small business" instead of directly from the manufacturer.....and the taxpayers often pays more, but the business hires people (even if it's sometimes just to process paperwork).
SO....
Intentional overruns.
I worked for a metal fabrication company for a year that held numerous military contracts. Mostly products for the Army, at least one for the Navy. I can remember moving stuff around, or being made to take it out back and hide it because the inspectors were coming and they didn't want them to know how far along in the run they really were. I always "assumed" it was for intentional overruns, that they would either be paid for, or get to sell with Uncle Sam footing the bill for the materials.