text:  Okay, that'll be $5,000. That person's like, okay, it's a lot, but I'll pay it. If the guy said $100,000, you can go, I'll go to someone else. That's not the case with the government. When the government pays for something, they're the third party. You, you got the company you're buying a product from, and the government's paying. And the guy selling the product, whatever it is, plastic surgery, coffee cups, he doesn't care about giving you a competitive price because he knows you're not paying.