[elicash]

The INTENT is to limit corruption. If they could give contracts to anybody they want, then they could reward donors.

I think it's actually achieved that goal. It comes at the expense of competence, however, as those with the best lawyers (not best developers) win contracts.

[vonmoltke]

Except it hasn't. The current system has turned what is left of the pool of potential bidders into key donors.

[shawkinaw]

So we have a choice between corruption and incompetence ... I'm pretty sure that corruption would actually be better, at least shit would work.

[thebulge]

We only have a choice of which we want to start with. Eventually we end up with both.