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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: RMF who wrote (36247)8/9/2009 10:06:18 AM
From: Jim S2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
You say this:

"Jim, they don't get "carte blanche" but they certainly DO get a lot more leeway than other industries."

and then proceed to explain how CONGRESS has carte blanche. Well, yeah, that's what Congress does. And that's what so many conservatives are unhappy about.

There have been a number of programs over the years that Congress allocated money for that the DoD didn't want and the contractor didn't want to do. But, the way the law is, if Congress programs money for something, it is illegal to NOT spend that money as allocated.

Don't blame the defense contractors, blame the spendthrift and parochial Congress.
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