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So we waste a lot of time and money planning for something that may not happen. As a result, national assets will not get out on schedule and the final costs will be much greater than if we didn't have the furlough. It's all just a dog and pony show for the politicians.
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Yeah, this is the thing. You would think that "we are saving money", but we would be far better off just to let things play out, contracts come to completion and normal attrition happen.
I am also in the defense industry, but in procurement at a private contractor. There is a definite sense that the tap feeding us has been turned down to a trickle. I am sure things will get worse. I would expect to be given direction shortly to "terminate for convenience" certain contracts. What that means is that whatever product has been produced, stop, box it up and send it in. Send it to the warehouse and let it rot. Talk about fraud waste and abuse....