Federal Contractor Substrate (Maximus)
mechanism
When the government fired hundreds of thousands of workers, the work didn't vanish, it just moved to private companies.
Who they are
Federal contractor Maximus, treated as the outsourcing arm of a corporate-style takeover of government functions.
What they do
The engine reads it as machinery, not a top power, showing how public jobs quietly convert into private company revenue.
How it works
As the DOGE effort cut 300,000+ civil servants, essential citizen-services work shifted to contractors like Maximus, which earned $778 million in a single quarter of 2025 (up nearly 11%) and was protected from the cuts by bipartisan support.
Why it matters
It shows the money isn't saved, it just flows from public payroll to private ledgers, matching the classic buyout playbook of shedding staff while keeping the profitable core.
The engine's record — word for word
The outsourcing arm of the administration's PE-analogue: as DOGE purged 300,000+ civil servants, essential functions shifted to private contractors. Maximus U.S. Federal Services generated $778M revenue in Q1 2025 (+10.9% YoY) and was shielded from DOGE disruption (bipartisan support for its citizen-services monopoly). State capital is not saved — it flows from public payroll to private contractor ledgers, matching the LBO outsourcing/liability-shedding step. [TIER: FILING] [Report #106]
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