Big Businesses Snatching Up Government Contracts
Politicians have recently faced mounting criticism over their awarding of large government contracts to big business, when those contracts were meant for small businesses. In order to boost the economy and guarantee that the bidding was being carried out in a fair way, there were certain stipulations put in place regarding awarding the contracts. Smaller businesses do not always have the leverage and pull in government that larger businesses do, so it is unfortunate that politicians and the government did not stick to their own rules with these contracts.
Advocates for small businesses are angry over the awarding of lucrative government contracts to the same big businesses, calling it business as usual in Washington. Further allegations claim that data and contract information has been destroyed in order to hide, cover up and protect both the politicians involved and the Fortune 500 companies that they gave these contracts in question to. Because the contracts have already been awarded, there is nothing anyone can do, but the business contracts are being investigated. Furthermore, both politicians and the big businesses involved know that further contract dealings will be watched so even though past contracts cannot be changed, future contracts that are meant for small businesses will make it to them.