This all makes sense. When he says "they might have made decisions or taken actions without a full appreciation..." is he just talking hypothetically or is it in relation to a specific part of the...
The $100M tax bill would be because he claimed to have lost $800M and then played a shell game to minimize the damage, not because he made a bunch of money.
Then there are usually additional requirements of being a small business, having to show some sort of financial or social disadvantage, and being under a certain threshold of receiving prior...
I also have worked both on the contractor side, and seen companies with minorities and women in figurehead ownership positions, and currently work with federally funded engineering research programs...
Stating a basic fact isn't moving a goalpost, it's when the program was implemented, and shows there is a long history to refer to besides the latest tweet.
Why are you putting quotations around things I haven't said? LOL At least try to have a shred of integrity and confidence in your argument to not have to make things up.