gougeA Pentagon investigation has found overcharging and other violations in a $15.6 billion Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney?s former company, a defense official said Thursday.
gougeA Pentagon investigation has found overcharging and other violations in a $15.6 billion Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney?s former company, a defense official said Thursday.
Halliburton got no bid contracts during Clinton's administration too. Did you know that?Originally posted by: preslove
Better article.
Okay, I know this may be hard for some of you folks to understand, but I'll try to explain it the simplest possible.
no bid contract = corruption. anybody who tries to tell you otherwise is either and idiot or a liar.
Why? because if there is no competitive bidding process then whoever the gives out the bids will give it to whoever offers the best price to him/her and not the government. If you know ANYTHING about governmental history then you know this is the only way it works. Competitive bidding within the federal government was brought in by progressives in the late 19th century to combat rampant graft. The big parties got most of their operating funds from kickbacks from no-bidders and from patronage graft. This is just another instance of the Bush administration regressing the government into rank barbarism.
I know this may be hard for you to understand, but REPOST. There are other threads about this.Originally posted by: preslove
Better article.
Okay, I know this may be hard for some of you folks to understand, but I'll try to explain it the simplest possible.
no bid contract = corruption. anybody who tries to tell you otherwise is either and idiot or a liar.
Why? because if there is no competitive bidding process then whoever the gives out the bids will give it to whoever offers the best price to him/her and not the government. If you know ANYTHING about governmental history then you know this is the only way it works. Competitive bidding within the federal government was brought in by progressives in the late 19th century to combat rampant graft. The big parties got most of their operating funds from kickbacks from no-bidders and from patronage graft. This is just another instance of the Bush administration regressing the government into rank barbarism.
Then maybe you should read the thread - the OP figured out it was a repost...but you didn't?Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
Maybe you should flash your official badge CAD. Sheesh.Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Then maybe you should read the thread - the OP figured out it was a repost...but you didn't?Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
REPOST
CkG
Maybe people could read the thread and realize it was a repost. Sheesh.Originally posted by: Gaard
Maybe you should flash your official badge CAD. Sheesh.Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Then maybe you should read the thread - the OP figured out it was a repost...but you didn't?Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
REPOST
CkG![]()
Actually the thread is a repost - so please take it to the appropriate thread. ferocious already figured out this was a repost...so yes please STFU.Originally posted by: presloveI fail to understand how my posting a Nytimes article within a current thread means I have commited a repost. Tell ferocious, not me, I was just responding because i read the nytimes article. So, STFU