[求助]OG11 紫 第4题

The price the government pays for standard weapons purchased from military contractors is determined by a pricing method called "historical costing." Historical costing allows contractors to protect their probits by adding a percentage incease, based on the current rate of inflation, to the previous year's contractual price.

Which of the following statements, if true,is the best basis for a criticism of historical costing as an economically sound pricing method for military contracts?

A.The government might continue continue to pay for past inefficient use of funds.

(敲字好累啊) 答案选A。

不太理解A的意思。为什么是inefficient？

pricing method called "historical costing.这个是政府付钱的一个方法，那么怎么样是批评这个方法呢，就是说这个方法不好，这个方法付的很多钱是past inefficient use of funds.就是说过去很多钱被无效的使用了，比如说钱没有都花在standard weapons 上，其中一部分被浪费掉了，比如说被大量的吃喝掉了，