4000 dollars in attorneys and CPAs? Ouch. The U.S. sure is expensive that way. It's nice of them to breakdown the costs.
The poster also looks really nice, but I didn't know such art would cost U$ 2.000 (I know some talented guys here in Uruguay that don't make as much in a month. They should try competing for those commisions).
PD: the game looks really awesome :) I didn't know about it, but now I'm looking forward to it.
PD2: That much money would hire me for a year, but I wouldn't be able to make Star Command on my own in a year obviously.
PD3: I'm looking forward to an X-Com remake someday...
Relevant:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starcommand/star-command...
(Also, I like your example of the 50K 20$ T-shirts. Demonstrates the problem perfectly if you just think about it for a second.)