Friday, August 19, 2011
The Last of the Big Cost Overrunners
Has decided to move its corporate headquarters from California to Falls Church, VA. Not because Virginia is a great place to build defense junk but because the physical nearness to Congress and the Pentagon makes it easier to peddle your unworkable junk. Or as one person put it,
"Northrop feels they can do a better job for L.A. County if they're based near Washington than if they were based here," said Nancy Sidhu, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.Being based in the DC area means your lobbyist can have his lips on your congressmans dick while maintaining a firm grasp on his scrotum so he has no reason to cut your program, no reason at all.
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