deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]
Chapotraphouse“We screwed up,” said Phelan, who described a push for “radical transparency” under his leadership. “We did. This doesn’t look good. It is what it is. Time to move on, and try to get going in the future and move forward.”
“I think, by killing these programs, it’s sending a message that we’re not going to continue to send good money after bad investments, and that we’re going to try to make prudent economic decisions that are in the best interest of the fleet and the force,” he added.
There has never been a more glorious time to be an arms dealer!
This is amazing for them. And maybe for humanity?
All the vendor has to do is quote an ostentatious price, run way past it, and not even come close to finishing anything. Eventually, the whole project gets tossed, sinking to the floor of the sea like so many costs on yesterdays balance sheets. Since there is no competition in the market, the same vendor can just start again on the same project.
Long story short: pay these people not to produce weapons.
I know it is unusual but maybe I am in favor of this. Just let them get reeeal comfortable, then in a few years we can take them out with pikes and AK 47s.
the problem is if you don't pay them enough (and they always want more) they might actually make the weapons and then where will you be
I guess I'm kind of gambling on the fact that the capacity to deliver on the contracts will further atrophy.
This is a way to have the various people who might be interested in reversing that trend to all distract each other for a while so that the cognitive and industrial basis for the manufacture of these stupid devices is lost. Give them some fun contracts, timelines, meetings, engineering problems, committees and other intrigues to get tangled up in. Make everyone feel important.
For a little while, pay them extravagantly. (Just never ever paid in weapons! only money other other financial methods.)
But it's only a temporary fix because of course some smart asses could make it again from scratch if need be, given time and commitment. So I will humbly admit it is not comprehensive path to world peace.
Really trying to be prudent which is why we need an over 50% increase in the boom boom budget.
We screwed up, but c'est la vie. The money just appears out of thin air so we'll just move on to the next multi-billion dollar project.
I don't know why but this really makes me laugh.
Good timing
