[outofsalt]

"It never bothered them when they lost tons of money on the process. They weren’t designed to be profitable businesses; they are simply part of the cost of running a political machine."

Remember the story decades ago about $600 hammers? Those hammers are the propaganda tool.

[Clutch Martin]

“Remember the story decades ago about $600 hammers? Those hammers are the propaganda tool.”

Are you talking about the fake story that the government paid $600 for hammers because they were used in an aircraft when the real story is of government contractor definition creep, in that when the specification for the contract said that all things metal on the aircraft will be made out of titanium they included the Hammers under that blanket statement.

Another was the titanium toilet seats which followed under the same guise that acft components had to be made out of titanium due to weight AND the survivability of equipment in crashes at the speeds involved.

The soviet space pencil is another Gov’t acquitions tale of woe... but lessons learned mind you...