Re: Capitalism is back, with a vengeance.
You think a communist society wouldn't do the same or worse?
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Canadians used to be reasonable. Now? Not so much. Recently, a Canadian military veteran, when complaining about not getting funding for a stairlift, was asked if they would consider suicide instead...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/christine-gauthier-paralympian-euthanasia-canada-b2238319.html
All utter rubbish.
Jujitsu is staking all the flak here but most of the issues are on the buyers side:
"Budgets should be baked into the contract and legally enforceable" - legally unenforceable if the buyer changes the specification constantly, which always happens.
"Likewise timescales" - see above.
"...to a maximum of 20% of the total contract value." And if the buyer demands changes costing +100% of the original contract?
Until government/civil service learns to nail requirements down up front and stick to them, this is going to keep on happening.
I think it is far too easy to claim that because in-house government projects worked well in the past, they would work well now. I suspect this wouldn't be the case. Back then civil service was seen by many to be an honourable duty; people tried to do the best they could. I don't think this is the case any more, in the private or public sector.
"(see also: US school shootings)"
You were doing so well until this, which as written is meaningless but I'm going to assume you favour increased gun control of some sort. Which isn't the problem, never has been and will not be fixed by 'political will.' The US constitution will put paid to that.
The real issue is the mental health and routine doping of ten's of thousands of kids.