All of this crookery has a direct impact on and increased the contract pricing.  As most of these contracts are with tax funded departments or bail out dependent SOE's this has had a direct impact on our countries solvency. Our tax money was stolen by these thieves. If I was paying a contractor to render building services and he was taking my money to pay for somebody else's house, would I carry on paying him? No, and its the same with our tax money. Tax revolt anyone?