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| My long time friend from Montana just sent me this story (Joke, I presume).
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in DC:
one is from New Jersey, another is from Tennessee and the third, is from
Florida.
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.
The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then
works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run
about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I
can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100
profit for me."
The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the
White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other
guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
The New Jersey contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we
hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.
And that, my friends, is how gov't contracting works!
W.G.
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How the Government Contracts
