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I'm not sure why this is being downvoted. It describes common practice for US Federal government business in response to the creation of minority business prefe

I'm not sure why this is being downvoted. It describes common practice for US Federal government business in response to the creation of minority business preferences in contracting. Many companies that are not actually minority-owned essentially rent minority-owned shell companies to clear the qualification hurdle for contract preferences, it is de rigueur unless you have unique capabilities that make it likely you'll get a contract award regardless. The obvious consequence is that once every company is "minority owned" no company is and you are back to where you started, just with some middlemen.

dx87 6y ago
It's probably getting downvoted because people who support the preferences view it as someone trying to keep minorities down. I've seen a lot of people game the system, where they'll have specialized knowledge from the government of military, then start a small contracting company and make their wife the CEO so they can win contracts. I've also known people doing government contracting where the prime won because it's an Alaskan Native company, but they subcontract out all the work, and there's only 1-2 natives actually doing work on the contract.