Dept. of Homeland Security, DOT, NHSTA recently came to a job fair at our local community college - made offers to all the kids who had studied machining, engine technology and drafting/construction - basically anyone who studied some math and was smart enough to enter a skilled trade (not the gender-studies retards - who all go into county social services)
With unlimited printed money and debt, Fed.gov it seems will always pay higher compared to the local, private diesel/engine repair shops, construction firms and machine shops - who are all scrambling for skilled workers.
Its simple “crowding out.”
And they wonder why there is no one to manufacture munitions.
Just another way bloated Fed.gov f***s the whole economy
I’ll admit after I graduated back in 80 I went for the DoD affiliated contractor option and spent over 30 years doing work I now am ashamed of, frankly. Looking at today with what this government is doing pretty much devalues everything I did, or tried to do.
Today, I cannot in good conscience counsel any STEM graduate to go work for this corrupt, evil, freedom-taking government. They’d be better off learning a trade like plumbing and starting their own business.
Another issue I see is many of these companies are in extremely expensive places to live.