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Re:The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can by jtbayly on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:14AM (#36447100)
You do realize that paying people to do nothing in order to take home more profit as a corporation, and charging both the worthless employee time and the extra profit for the corp that allows to the taxpayers is the definition of corruption, right?
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Re:The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can by cushychicken on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:06AM (#36447856)
Paying people to learn how to make plane parts - even trash cans - is not corrupt. It's investing in manufacturing skills and knowhow.

I'd wager most of the money spent on this venture went to the people designing and making the trashcan, not executive bonuses or admin fees.

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Re:The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can by jtbayly on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:07PM (#36448810)
> Paying people to learn how to make plane parts

Is the opposite of this:

> being bored not doing anything productive

I'm not sure why you claimed to agree with the latter being how government contracts work.

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