re: pork barrel: somebody smarter explain this TPA shite that just got passed

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in your example what happens is the concrete manufacturer says "hey rig, it would be awesome if you could get wording in that gives preference to concrete companies that have XYZ compliance and meet Green Standard ABC..".and so on. Knowing damn well that you are one of the few that can qualify. You're kidding yourself if you don't think this happens on a scale bigger than we can imagine. How much is on the line? billions?

Have you ever helped a client write specs for a bid?

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