I had a former boss who was running a construction company. He bid on a government job at very low profit just to keep his crew together and to continue paying on loans. He was the low bidder by far. He was later contacted by the high bidder and asked if he’d do the job for the quoted price as a subcontractor. When he asked why the high bid had won the other guy told him, “Because you don’t go to the right parties.”
The deep staters and government grifters just suck on the monetary blood of our government..like mosquitoes...gonna take more than Trump to fix this.
Tom Wolfe said it best in Bonfire of the Vanities.(not exact quote)...America is a fat fowl of a country....torn apart by those feeding on it.