Will you quit bad mouthing bean counters.
If only we had the power you accuse us of having...We get blamed every time a program manager goes overbudget and/or fails to deliver what he promised.
We can't help it if you spend so much of your program money on environmental studies so that your designs never make it off the drafting table.
You should have thought about the effects on the spotted owl population BEFORE you designed your radioactive-asbestos ablative heat sheilds...
And then there is the effect on the children...