A> A lot of private industry in Spain has the government as their sole
A> customer. It is hard to argue that a private infrastructure firm is
A> independent when they get all their money from the government and do what
A> the government says when the government says.

Same thing here.  I live in Maryland and can drive to Washington DC in under 2
hours (not that I would want to).  

Almost all the companies that exist in that general area exist 100% of the
government. We call them the beltway bandits.  That also explains why they are
for big government because that is how they exist getting paid lots of money to
do very little.

- Mark

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