08-02-2017, 05:03 AM
a financial shakedown at the last minute
Recurring tendency: make up the rules as you go along. "Oh, you made it this far? Well now you're going to need..."
It would be more "fair" (in the "level playing field" sense) if the "rules" were published in advance, with a fee schedule, so that people could make realistic plans.
Instead, we have the "government contractor" system: the project is cheap ... until it's actually started, then suddenly the costs go up, next thing you know it's "too big to fail" (see also: "sunk cost fallacy").
Recurring tendency: make up the rules as you go along. "Oh, you made it this far? Well now you're going to need..."
It would be more "fair" (in the "level playing field" sense) if the "rules" were published in advance, with a fee schedule, so that people could make realistic plans.
Instead, we have the "government contractor" system: the project is cheap ... until it's actually started, then suddenly the costs go up, next thing you know it's "too big to fail" (see also: "sunk cost fallacy").