Corruption
Corruption is everywhere, whether in the politics or in manufacturing, it has, is and will stay prevalent. Go back to the inflation during 1861-1863, corruption was everywhere, just to get more money out of the people who have no money.
This soldier, who gave his life for this country in a shoddy uniform
or this rotten meat i bought
or this broken gun!
People would get rotten food in the store, or demand twice the price of guns. Uniforms for the troops made for shoddy.