I call it “Buying your friends,”
I have a high-school classmate whose husband was a mechanic for US Air. Back when Allegheny County paid for this new airport and made that deal with US Air to keep their hub here he thought he had a job for life. They planned their lives accordingly. Bought a house, etc.
When they left town he was left high and dry. I don’t think she’s had a decent job since. She had to go back to nursing school in her late 40’s so they could pay the bills.
Never stake your future on promises from government.