On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:53:03 -0500, Tom Veatch wrote:

On 14 Sep 2009 17:37:47 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

25% overhead is entirely too much.

Maybe so, but it's a lot less than the overhead in most (if not all)
manufacturing companies.

Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA


Government projects are typically 30% overhead. It is not known for
efficiency. Recall the $600 hammer? The $4500 microwave? The
government has no reason to be effecient, it does not need to make a
profit, just collect tax money.