[delichon]

They shouldn't buy socks for the army, they should make the socks themselves?

[rlt]

I believe the original commenter meant "The government should not be able to outsource things they are not allowed to do themselves."

[Brendinooo]

Has the army been restricted from making socks?

[SilverElfin]

I meant that they can’t circumvent legal limitations on the government by simply making a private party do those same things the government is prevented from doing. Buying data from private companies is one such issue.

[nilamo]

Buying, making, and owning socks are not against the law in the usa, so socks are already compliant with the suggestion.

[IAmBroom]

The suggestion is very poorly worded, if you are correct.

[pavel_lishin]

Can't buy the wool second-hand, gotta have government-owned sheep.

[Albatross9237]

Thankfully, the pentagon should already have some sheep specs on hand

[throwway120385]

I believe that's covered under MIL-SPEC-M00-BAAA