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.
对于为美国军方或情报机构工作的承包商来说，过去大约十年是景气时期。在2000至2010年期间，军事预算以每年9%的速度增长，达到约6900亿美元，增速超过整体预算以及除老年人医保(Medicare)以外的任何大型预算项目。美国国土安全部在2010财年的预算达550亿美元，比5年前增加了150亿美元。
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