“The defense industrial base is rotted out so badly." "Think about the incentive structures over the last three decades. If you're Lockheed and I'm your supplier, and you're on cost-plus, you're incentivized to have me charge you more for a component. And if you're the tier-two supplier to me, I'm incentivized to have you charge me more." "So for the last three decades, 10 levels down the stack across the industry, you've just seen it rot out. And what that means, typically, is that consumer electronics you can get for $50, you'll literally be charged $10,000 for.” - Mach Industries founder @ethanrthornton