[econjack]

I don’t understand why gov’t contracts don’t have cost overrun clauses and late penalties in them.

[ViLaLuz]

Because these projects are just a means to take public money and redistribute it to cronies and special interest groups.

[AZJeep]

I would say, because often the Government is the problem!
Lots of red tape and changing requirements on whim.

[AZJeep]

I would say, because often the Government is the problem!
Lots of red tape and changing requirements on whim.

[blackdog]

I did contracts with the DOD in the 80's and 90's. If I didn't deliver on time in good quality, I was being visited by first contracting officers, and then by a general that threatened your well being and that of the facility.

I am a pilot, and there were times I was flying a King Air at midnight after the testing data was good and the ink was still wet to hand deliver components...

Runways in the foothills of Virginia, desert dirt strips in Texas, and strips in the middle of nothing in Montana, and I mean nothing. Oddly enough they were there waiting on you.