I said that was the difference.
While I am aware of a variety of rules on contractors as they push diversity, this issue isn't concerning them, just the banks and autos.
The feds own the banks and autos at this point. Simple as that. Without the fed money they would not exist, at least not without a dramatic convulsion of downsizing and brain drain. Whoever signs the paycheck gets to set the rate and tell the employees what their jobs are. Don't like it? Quit. Same thing you'd tell any employee of any entity, right?