I think there are large Navy Bases there like Virginia. When I refer to contractors I'm not just talking about the big dogs. I'm referring to people who work for NAVFAC and similar DOD departments who have budgets in the billions and have a huge periphery of contractors supporting them. They do jobs like training, documentation, retail, facilities management, civil engineering, HVAC and many others.

This employs millions of Americans and they get nervous when politicians discuss shrinking the government fat. The big contractors usually scoop up contacts and then subcontract after the take to smaller businesses and this includes contract workers who are never permanent but also could not do the same job in the civilian world.

It's a mess.

Unlike the douche bag who called me a liar here I have been in and out of these government jobs in boom and bust times since the late 1980s and when government shrinks is time to have your own business. The big problem is that it's easier to get government money than it is to have a business with infinite regulation. Now the Federal Government is requiring all corporations including LLC to disclose ownership when the loopholes exist for defense not to have this!

The real evil needle of this is the States and cities that have to support large facilities by proxy. They have to increase taxes or beg for government money because they don't have easy Fed credit or a money printer. This is why I pose that these places voted for Kamala because in the last 4 years they've had to survive by convoluted practices and they don't want to lose their game. I don't blame them but they are also money stupid.

It's communism at is worst.

I pray that the money gets fixed so that there at least can be better competition.