Reading Level: 🟢 Easy | Grade: 6 | Words: 109
- The W2 Reality: A contractor employee makes k.
- The Contractor Profit: The firm bills/profits M on that head.
- The US Gov Cost: The taxpayer pays M for the project capability.
- The Waste: Where does the other M go? Bureaucracy, overhead, management, and planning (50-year horizons).
- The Result:
- We pay for a Ferrari/F-35.
- We get a Corolla/Camry performance.
- The enemy (ISIS of the Future) fights with Toyota trucks and wins on ROI.
- Direct Command: Cut the middlemen (the Contractor Firm).
- Value: Pay the talent (the k guy) directly or execute via smaller, leaner Kill Chain cells.
- Truth: This financial bloat is why we have the "Execution Gap".