With military spending at record highs, many contractors have hiked the cost of relatively simple items. (Video)
  • memfree@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    We've been hearing stuff like this since Regan. It is most notably done to hide classified defense spending but can be done for other reasons.

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Commission
    • From 1998: https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/1998/12/the-myth-of-the-600-hammer/5271/