Fun fact- several of the contracts DOGE canceled were “preferential purchasing” contracts. Basically, the government knows it will be ordering pens, paper, computers, and all the other bullshit out there. So supply companies pitch contracts that say ‘for every thing on this random list that you buy, we will sell it to you for X% under market rate, but you have to purchase the first however many hundred or thousand from us, or until you reach some amount of money.’ And they pitch prices based on current market rates, even though they know these contracts are locked in for 5+ years some times and simply have some basic 2-3% yearly increase built in.
It’s a win-win. The government gets to save you shit loads of tax dollars on things they were going to buy anyways, and some company is now doing massive volumes of buisness and pumping out jobs.
Then DOGE comes in and cancells all of the contracts and claims they ‘saved’ the amount the contract amount was for. Ignoring that the government was going to buy those things anyways. And now we have no way to purchase things. So contracts get hastily redone at post inflation prices, plus everyone is now padding their numbers, because ‘if they canceled the last contracts on a whim, why won’t the do the same again? And we have to make our profit.’
So now we have to pay a shit load more for everything all because DOGE wanted to claim they were saving us money.
All they need to do after reading a good explanation like the above is to say “well then the government shouldn’t be so inefficient.” Boom. Feeling of superiority restored and cognitive dissonance shoved down.
That’s when you say, I agree with you. They should update the VA medical claims system from pen and paper to an electronic one so they can be a lot more efficient.
Fun fact- several of the contracts DOGE canceled were “preferential purchasing” contracts. Basically, the government knows it will be ordering pens, paper, computers, and all the other bullshit out there. So supply companies pitch contracts that say ‘for every thing on this random list that you buy, we will sell it to you for X% under market rate, but you have to purchase the first however many hundred or thousand from us, or until you reach some amount of money.’ And they pitch prices based on current market rates, even though they know these contracts are locked in for 5+ years some times and simply have some basic 2-3% yearly increase built in.
It’s a win-win. The government gets to save you shit loads of tax dollars on things they were going to buy anyways, and some company is now doing massive volumes of buisness and pumping out jobs.
Then DOGE comes in and cancells all of the contracts and claims they ‘saved’ the amount the contract amount was for. Ignoring that the government was going to buy those things anyways. And now we have no way to purchase things. So contracts get hastily redone at post inflation prices, plus everyone is now padding their numbers, because ‘if they canceled the last contracts on a whim, why won’t the do the same again? And we have to make our profit.’
So now we have to pay a shit load more for everything all because DOGE wanted to claim they were saving us money.
Yeah, but have you considered that feelings don’t care about your facts?
All they need to do after reading a good explanation like the above is to say “well then the government shouldn’t be so inefficient.” Boom. Feeling of superiority restored and cognitive dissonance shoved down.
That’s when you say, I agree with you. They should update the VA medical claims system from pen and paper to an electronic one so they can be a lot more efficient.
I already know it’s a shit show. Thanks to you I now know it’s an even bigger shit show ❤️