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"Dan Luke" wrote:

Congress has this insane ability to be astounded at cost growth, even
cost increases they inflict on the system. :-/

Well, *I'm* astounded at a $200M fighter that was supposed to cost
$90M (which would have been bad enough), how about you?

The point was that it is disingenuous for Congress to be surprised
at cost growth. Congress itself causes cost growth through funding
profiles that are idiotic for both development and production, through
reduction in total production numbers, and the acceptance of unrealistic
initial cost estimates. If you want to be even more astounded, check
out the federal acquisition regulations. An adeversary would be severely
challenged to make our acquisition system less efficient and more wasteful
than it is currently.

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Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule