Good Lord, you're wrong. You seem to think that politicians dictate direct spending, they don't. They dictate gross budget. Direct allocation is done at a lower level. The contracts we deal with are in the 100M+ range with Fortune 500 prime DoD contractors. I've yet to see a contract award dictated by a politician. I have however seen them dictated by Generals.

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