Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted...
by dfxm12 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:38PM
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Were you under the impression that federal procurement was all above board before?
No, the only impression I had was from the earlier post, which is light on details, which is why I was asking for clarification.
Your options are corrupt procurement or corrupt procurement with a 15% administrative surcharge of make-work patronage jobs for someone’s mistress or friends.
This is an obvious false dichotomy.
Your options are corrupt procurement or corrupt procurement with a 15% administrative surcharge of make-work patronage jobs for someone’s mistress or friends. I think that we’re in the “let’s pay our centurions in salt because the treasury is empty” stage of administrative innovations to allow the dead empire to linger. Personally, my hope is the next thousand year dark age we are stepping into comes with a knightly aesthetic.