A 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.
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A 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.
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.
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.
Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
Then maybe you should read the thread - the OP figured out it was a repost...but you didn't?
REPOST
CkG
Originally posted by: Gaard
Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Originally posted by: preslove
I didn't post this. So don't quote me. I just replied.
Then maybe you should read the thread - the OP figured out it was a repost...but you didn't?
REPOST
CkG
Maybe you should flash your official badge CAD. Sheesh.![]()
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