WHEN RELIANCE IS DETRIMENTAL: ECONOMIC, MORAL, AND POLICY ARGUMENTS FOR EXPECTATION DAMAGES IN CONTRACTS TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT

摘要

In a liberal democracy, government exists for the benefit of its people, not itself. The current T4C regime turns this on its head. The government of the United States pays more for the goods and services it needs, and it reserves to itself the right to violate its pledge in a technically legal, but morally suspect, way. The only benefit obtained in return is the assurance that the government will never pay, in any individual contract, for goods or services it ultimately does not need or receive. As the ultimate measure of value in these transactions is benefit to the people as a whole, I submit the cost is not worth the benefit.