Hahah I just went back and re read that guess I sound like an idiot. Oh well I work on a lot of federal projects in Nevada and California, and you would not believe the millions of dollars wasted on these projects I guess that's where my real anger comes from. Us contractors watch as the federal gov. Will literally waste 4-5k dollars on replacing a single cabinet you could get from Home Depot or lowes for $500. I swear I'm not even embellishing the prices, they require the cabinet to show proof that it was a tree grown in the United States, and milled in the us ect.. They literally have to go and cut down the lumber and literally waste an entire pallet of wood to document proof needed in order to document it's origin. This is taken months of labor and office time over a single freaking cabinet. That's only the tip of the iceberg on these jobs. Lake mead Rec is spending muti- millions on rehabbing a visitor center that's is riddled with asbestos, and it will still look like the crappy building it did in the 70's I'm all for preserving historical items but there is a point where you have to draw the line. They literally could have built double the size state of the art building that would serve a better purpose for the end user and draw more revenue and customers for less than half the money. On top of all that, the government is wasting all this money, and taking there sweet time paying the contractors, I for one am not in the business of financing the gov. So the can frivolously spend our tax dollars and not pay for what they want in a timely matter.
Rant over lol