Social Recent Military audit reveals Boeing overcharged Government 8000% for Soap Dispensers

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I’m not talking about getting a worker bee role at Boeing.

Neither am I

 

[nostradumbass]

Capitalism. Boeing can charge what ever they want so long as the buyer is willing to pay it. The question should be who in the military approved that invoice?

Lol, the "buyer" is the government with public money, and somehow your takeaway is that the problem is "capitalism", and we'd be better off under socialism and shifting most of the economy to the people who just got ripped off paying the 8,000% mark up?



"Capitalism" is the basis for the 8,000% mark up, without which there would be no basis to claim any mark up at all, that would just be the price.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

Lol, the "buyer" is the government with public money, and somehow your takeaway is that the problem is "capitalism", and we'd be better off under socialism and shifting most of the economy to the people who just got ripped off paying the 8,000% mark up?



"Capitalism" is the basis for the 8,000% mark up, without which there would be no basis to claim any mark up at all, that would just be the price.

i'd love to know what socialist world you think a company like boeing would exist in lol

 

[nostradumbass]

i'd love to know what socialist world you think a company like boeing would exist in lol

Uh, North Korea spends like 37% of their gdp on military, China spends like $470 billion, USSR was like 14% of gdp, the US is at like 3.5%, and we're covering all of western and Central Europe. Did you think military weapons grow on trees in socialist countries?

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

Uh, North Korea spends like 37% of their gdp on military, China spends like $470 billion, USSR was like 14% of gdp, the US is at like 3.5%, and we're covering all of western and Central Europe. Did you think military weapons grow on trees in socialist countries?

it's not the need for weapons. it's the fact that there's a private corporation with the freedom to charge whatever they want that the military is desperately dependent on. how would that exist under a socialist economy?

 

[DoctorTaco]

Lol, the "buyer" is the government with public money, and somehow your takeaway is that the problem is "capitalism", and we'd be better off under socialism and shifting most of the economy to the people who just got ripped off paying the 8,000% mark up?



"Capitalism" is the basis for the 8,000% mark up, without which there would be no basis to claim any mark up at all, that would just be the price.

I think I made it clear the problem is the military agreeing to the price. Capitalism states the seller can charge what ever they want, it’s up to the buyers to decide if the price is too high.

I didn’t mention socialism. Duh.

 

[RoastBeast]

The progressives around here drop laugh emojis on my posts when I talk about how wasteful and inefficient the government is with our tax dollars.

Take notes people. This is just one of probably millions of examples.

 

[Natural Order]

Private contractors ripping off government retards. You don’t say!

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Great for shareholders, not so great for tax payers.

Who would have thought this sort of thing happens with our massive military spending? Shocking.

 

[Osculater]

Get rich or get richer $$$$

 

[Barteh]

it's not the need for weapons. it's the fact that there's a private corporation with the freedom to charge whatever they want that the military is desperately dependent on. how would that exist under a socialist economy?

Under a socialist economy these would be government owned businesses so that the government employees can steal directly from them instead of having to go through extra steps.

Even more efficient corruption yay.

 

[Scerpi]

Capitalism. Boeing can charge what ever they want so long as the buyer is willing to pay it. The question should be who in the military approved that invoice?

This isn't capitalism... It's Government corruption and incompetence

lol

 

[DoctorTaco]

This isn't capitalism... It's Government corruption and incompetence

lol

Funny how often those 3 things are found in bed together

 

[Fox by the Sea]

The people farm of America.
The wealth extraction from the cattle to the farmers continues uninterrupted

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

Under a socialist economy these would be government owned businesses so that the government employees can steal directly from them instead of having to go through extra steps.

Even more efficient corruption yay.

so it sounds like you don't even care about the economic structure. you think politicians are just corrupt. i'd agree.

 

[The XL]

It's always funny seeing people get so worked up about Russia and China and the threat they supposedly possess when we're out here literally being governed by Israel and the military industrial complex. The people have no control or say over the country. Our politicians are 100% bought and paid for

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

That's just how government contracts work. It's par for the course.

Literally everything the government uses your tax money to pay for is marked up like this and you keep voting for people who raise your taxes and then cry about how much it will 'cost' if Trump lowers your taxes.

Pick a lane.

 

[Barteh]

so it sounds like you don't even care about the economic structure. you think politicians are just corrupt. i'd agree.

Yeah people getting rich from government contracts due to blatant corruption isn't really tied to economic structure at all.

It's one good reason to be pro small government in general. Governments aren't efficient when it comes to spending money, because they aren't spending their own money.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Private contractors ripping off government retards. You don’t say!

This is all backhanders. I guarantee the government worker who signed this off knew exactly what they were doing.

 

[Natural Order]

This is all backhanders. I guarantee the government worker who signed this off knew exactly what they were doing.

That’s a distinct possibility. Corruption or utter incompetence. Not sure which is more of a concern!