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Originally posted by Superman
Our construction contracts have two components. "Design" and "construction." One might suggest that since no construction occurs under the "design" budget, that this money is wasted. On the other hand, I'm not sure you want us building an international airport without designing it first.
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But imagine this, Super; Your construction company has a wildly inefficient CFO and financial department. You start with a $10 million budget, but by the time the money is distributed to the design and construction departments they share only $6 million. Thats what we're talking about here.
Big government inefficiencys are legendary. To point it out is not "anti-government". It seems to me that there are two distinct reasonable approaches to this colossal waste of resources. 1) Understand that government is by nature wasteful and inefficient and run the government on the smallest budget possible. 2) Find creative ways to increase the efficiency of government.
My view is this: If goverment waste was controlled, we would have a remarkable windfall of resources to address important issues like SSI, healthcare for the uninsured, energy research, etc.