Doesn’t matter how “direct” or “indirect” it is. If your company is getting money from govt contracts, that is money coming from taxpayers. Chances are, if you’re in the defense industry, the majority of your money is coming directly or indirectly from the government — either the govt is your client, or another company that gets its money from the govt is your client/customer. If you’re working on projects for the govt (now or in the past), you are, or have been, “feeding at the govt trough.”