Government contracts

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Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Parliament Buildings :

One is from Melbourne, another is
from Sydney and the third is from Canberra.
All 3 go with
An official to examine the fence.

The Sydney 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 Canberra 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 Melbourne contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the
official and whispers, "$2700"

The official, incredulous, says,
"You didn't even measure like the other
guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Melbourne Contractor whispers back,
"$1000 for me $1000 for you, and
we hire the guy from Canberra to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.





AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS HOW GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING WORKS.