Indeed, everyone and every organization ends up having to consider how the bills get paid (i.e. "be careful about biting the hand that feeds). That's probably a

Indeed, everyone and every organization ends up having to consider how the bills get paid (i.e. "be careful about biting the hand that feeds). That's probably a universal understanding. Yet we also have real life examples where people and organizations still act in a manner that differs from providing the most expedient or most self-interested outcome. RAND itself is the place where Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers from.