For example, funds were summarily redirected from vital work on space-based systems to less capable ground-based ones, and constraints were imposed that hamstrung realistic testing activities.
All the legal constraints that had prevented use of sea-based systems in missile defense schemes disappeared, and engineers could begin thinking about exploiting the full operational potential of the Aegis combat system.
At the same time, toughened lending standards and capital constraints put in place since the financial crisis are preventing community-based financial institutions from providing small businesses with the credit they need to grow and hire employees.