Shows what you have been saying is true? How? Change the law? Why? As long as both sides work within spirit and intent of the law. When you become a corporation, you are compelled to do this, since you have been afforded the entitlement. You are supposed to exercise this, since you now control employees. Why can't you subcontract like X? Both of you are corporations. Oh, because they wrote in the contract you can't, no control there. Sounds like a tail, but, let's call it a leg, yeah that will make it so. Idea? Makes a lot of sense! Word "floated" is the key in that sentence. Only one with that idea is YOU. Keep grabbing them out of the sky. Retainer by 30,000 plus? That would be a binding agreement. Are you sure you would want to go there? What happens when the "department" says you can't do it the way you want, will you still pay the retainer, or will you say "screw you" I ain't paying for something I don't like? Again, a shot at those you wish to represent you, not where the money is. Maybe this wouldn't be an issue if X wished to correctly represent this type of contract law or social justice, but, that's not where the money is! Please take up reading, you might learn something; fairy tales, unicorns, X contract, can be found in the fantasy section of your favorite book store. I suggest you stop at the section just before it, the one titled, fact.