re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Especially when they are the sole supplier and are granted a no-bid cost-plus contract. Then they are little different than any conglomerate operating in the USSR.

Very few of those exist, unless Trump gets back in charge. Most everything requires competitive bids. There have even been a few weird things done in an attempt by the government to foster competition.

A big problem is that it’s a monopsony, a single customer. And that has some weird issues especially since it involves taxpayer money.