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>Not exactly, women/minority owned companies are explicitly favored in the bidding process. The exact opposite is true: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/0
by DetroitThrow 6y ago
>Not exactly, women/minority owned companies are explicitly favored in the bidding process.
The exact opposite is true: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/women-owned-biz-receive-fraction-of-fed-contracts/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/women-owned-biz-rec...
Where did you even hear this claim?
- Kalium 6y agoThey're describing a procurement process that is designed to favor ownership by women, minority groups, veterans, and disabled veterans in particular. Programs like this enter into it: https://business.defense.gov/Small-Business/WOSB/ https://business.defense.gov/Small-Business/WOSB/ You're absolutely correct that the outcome is quite transparently wildly inequitable. I think it's possible that it could be the case that both assertions could be correct at the same time.
- smabie 6y agoI didn't hear about this. I was a party to such a bidding process at a government agency.
- DetroitThrow 6y agoYour updated comment is much less untrue, though the GAO reports widespread fraud in the procurement processes for these minority, veteran, and women owned businesses as described in the above link.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThat's the only practical response to a ridiculous law. Affirmative Action for capital owners is absurd.