Let me add. When I hired on in ‘75, the company was Martin Marietta and for me it was awesome. Then the merger with Lockheed happened. Downhill from there.
I hired into Lockheed in 67 and for most of my career the defense contractor business had its ups and downs but gradually declined. (Note the number of mergers of which Martin Marietta play a major role.) This was all part of the fall of the Soviet Union and the shifting of the public’s awareness of defense needs. (I had friends who said why build a defense missile system, we don’t have enemies?) Well we never really lost our enemies but the business did decline.
What happenes with Comey and Mueller is the same thing that just happened with Netflix and Susan Rice. People in government are not paid in up front bribes, they are promised lucrative postings out of government. (Comey made his and then went back to FBI as a very wealthy man)
But I agree with you, (and I worked with Martin people after the merger) it was awesome. KC
And Augustine and Tellup cashed in for well over $50M+ when they retired and the stock went into the teens f’in up everyone’s 401K.