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Not sure any large government contractor can really be described as privately funded. If Europe had the same level of defense funding it might look very differe
by RandomLensman 3y ago
Not sure any large government contractor can really be described as privately funded. If Europe had the same level of defense funding it might look very different there, too.
- lupusreal 3y agoYou can't throw a stone in America without hitting a government contractor. Doing work for the government and getting paid for it doesn't disqualify them as being a private company. The government isn't an investor, they've paid the company for services. Or do you think that if I pay a plumber to install a toilet, I've now invested in his plumbing business?
- RandomLensman 3y agoExactly my point - a lot of funding from there for a lot of things. SpaceX derives a lot of revenues from government and defense business and there is way less of that in Europe to go around.