Unpopular opinion: In a similar vein I often wonder if the somewhat imperfect/wasteful overhead of paying for the MIC should be budgeted in a way that rewards nonuse of materials as well as preparedness, to decouple the useage of these munitions from the spikes in sales. Maybe im weird but given the motivations of all parties, I personally don't mind paying a dentist or doctor/surgeon an inflated rate if it means inaction on something not worth fixing is not persued....this is less harmful than uneccsary action. To me war preparedness is the same ideal and something where inaction could also be rewarded to remove uneccesary action. If we're OK with the grift, are we OK with paying for it and the destructive elements going unused?