10-23-2002, 01:14 PM
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
A. I only asked if unneccesary spending bothered anyone - I didn't point to any specific spending I saw as unneccesary. I will say that the DoD should not simply be given a blank check. Do you think there has ever been unneccesary spending? Would it bother you if there was?
My mistake, then It appeared to me that you were asserting that you knew some particular "waste" was taking place. And to be totaly frank about it, I would be upset about waste, HOWEVER, Id be more worried at the far larger excesses and wastages taking place in the non-military (and much larger and far more expensive) part of our National Government.
B. I represent lots of government contractors. You've accused me of not knowing didly about defense spending before, and it's time I point this out. I know a lot more than you think I do about the Federal Acquisition Regulations and how strict the government is regarding its contractors. Quit attacking me and stick to the topic, if you don't mind.
I make/made no accusation of you, Im using things that you have said in our past discussions. I agree some (if not all) contractors do pad the bill, what I also know and you may not, is that they pad the bills here and there and then have to cover many things out of their own pockets that really were failures of the government beaureaucrats and not the contractors. Things are rarely as simple as they seem. If you aren't intimately involved you can't know the complexities behind the scenes. Which is why people who ARE expert on military matters usually run things rather than just any old vendor off the street. It wasn't an attack, at least no more than your jumping on the "1st ammendment vs courtesy" comments. I was on topic, I wanted to know how you were determinng what was and was not "waste" which is what your topic was about. Is that so awful?
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