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Government actors are responsible for acquiring material at normative costs. Their failure to do so is their own.
by jkfdrsak 5y ago
Government actors are responsible for acquiring material at normative costs. Their failure to do so is their own.
- samhw 5y agoNormal costs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
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- sdhfjgjh 5y ago"Price gougey" implies that the prices are unethical; not in compliance with ethical norms; not normative.
- samhw 5y ago'Not normative' doesn't mean 'not in compliance with ethical norms'. It means not pertaining to ethical norms. It's not the correct word, however you twist it. Here's some more info if it helps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative_statement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative_statement
- Randosaurus 5y agoExactly! And when all US companies refuse to lower their prices, they should start sourcing from foreign companies to increase competition! Oh hey look, I'm signing yet another contract with an arbitration clause when signing up for a cell phone service. Must be my fault that all of them require the arbitration clause...