Halliburton Bailing Out

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by busterb

Well I worked for B&R years ago. If you think those price fixing sobs are the cream of the crop, you need to do a little back ground work. Before Veitnam b & r wasn't even in the top 500 cos world wide. But was soon number 3 IIRC. Wonder who had an ass full of stock?
Right Kellog and Brown and root are great. No offence Merc., But I worked construction almost all over the world. IMHO. bb
OOOps I forgot to put Steve Becthel in that bunch.

All I know is that they were there when we needed them, provided the needs, food, roof, supplies, power, etc... and they delivered, every time. How they paid workers, how they operated thier board room, how they paid thier share holders, really not a damm bit of that mattered. None of it.

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

All I know is that they were there when we needed them, provided the needs, food, roof, supplies, power, etc... and they delivered, every time.

Of course he forgets to mention that the Pentagon also had same people who could have done it. What KBR provided is materials necessary for a long term occupation. Nobody wants to touch that issue because we were not there to take over the country, were we? Only Rush Limbaugh tells you how to think. Project for a New American Century was a little more honest. Note the boldface word is theirs: To protect our oil.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by tw

Of course he forgets to mention that the Pentagon also had same people who could have done it. What KBR provided is materials necessary for a long term occupation. Nobody wants to touch that issue because we were not there to take over the country, were we? Only Rush Limbaugh tells you how to think. Project for a New American Century was a little more honest. Note the boldface word is theirs: To protect our oil.

Really? Who? KBR was at nearly every deployment I went on in the last 8 years of my AD. They were doing it long before I ever hit the field, for years.

Protect who's oil? the oil in Texas?

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Protect who's oil? the oil in Texas?

Playing dumb works for you.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by tw

Playing dumb works for you.

You want me to belive your conspiracy theory? No thanks.

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

How they paid workers, how they operated thier board room, how they paid thier share holders, really not a damm bit of that mattered. None of it.

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

Oh, I am concerned. Concerned that it not be spent on non-citizens who are here in the US illegally. For troops on deployment it would be an extremely appropriate use of funds. Come to think of it we have been doing that since the birth of the nation.

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Oh, I am concerned. Concerned that it not be spent on non-citizens who are here in the US illegally. For troops on deployment it would be an extremely appropriate use of funds. Come to think of it we have been doing that since the birth of the nation.

How can that be, when income tax wasn't imposed until the Civil War? Even then, the average American didn't really pay any until the 20th century.

A government contractor wasting funds on overly-high salaries and perks doesn't count as spending for troops on deployment--but you know that, since you avoided the comment.

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

I don't think the two jive... a contract and how much they pay their employees are not connected.
Of course IF they are the lowest bidder.

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I don't think the two jive... a contract and how much they pay their employees are not connected.
Of course IF they are the lowest bidder.

They are indeed connected--by billable (and "billable") hours, and employees who are hired to work on specific contracts.