The past decade or so has been a good time to be a contractor working for the US military or intelligence agencies. Between 2000 and 2010 the military budget grew 9 per cent a year, to about $690bn, faster than the budget as a whole or any of the big budget items besides Medicare. The Department of Homeland Security had a fiscal 2010 budget of $55bn, $15bn more than five years before.
對于為美國軍方或情報機構工作的承包商來說,過去大約十年是景氣時期。在2000至2010年期間,軍事預算以每年9%的速度增長,達到約6900億美元,增速超過整體預算以及除老年人醫保(Medicare)以外的任何大型預算項目。美國國土安全部在2010財年的預算達550億美元,比5年前增加了150億美元。
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