War for profit
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War for profit
Some of those other threads on the Iraq mess have gotten long so I am starting a fresh one. Interesting article today re Halliberton's charges for fuel they are importing into Iraq from Kuwait and Turkey. It seems they are charging an average of $2.64 a gallon to import gasoline and other fuel from Kuwait and $1.24 from Turkey. This is twice what some government agencies are paying to truck in fuel (the fuel is sold in Iraq for .05 to .15 per gallon). Iraq's state oil company (SOMO) pays .96 a gallon to import fuel from Kuwait (which includes the cost of fuel and transportation). Someone once said that war is hell, but when you have a no bid, sweetheart deal, war is profit.
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One oil industry analyst said Halliburton has a real conflict of interest with Kuwait to begin with, but the price they charge the US taxpayer for gasoline for Iraq would be acceptable, if they were loading and shipping it all the way around the globe on the Queen Mary back to their next-door neighbor. It pays to be a big political campaign donor. Really pays.
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Actually this is no different than how businesses do business with government here at home. Businesses that provide drugs for medicare/aid charge double the regular price. Why should these guys be any different than any other company.
I would be willing to bet any company that got the job would be doing the same thing. Is is wrong? YES, but how do we go about changing it?
It is not that war is profit. Dealing with our inefficient government is. Remember the $X00 hammers and toilet seats?
I would be willing to bet any company that got the job would be doing the same thing. Is is wrong? YES, but how do we go about changing it?
It is not that war is profit. Dealing with our inefficient government is. Remember the $X00 hammers and toilet seats?
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Originally posted by Harrier
Actually this is no different than how businesses do business with government here at home. Businesses that provide drugs for medicare/aid charge double the regular price. Why should these guys be any different than any other company.
I would be willing to bet any company that got the job would be doing the same thing. Is is wrong? YES, but how do we go about changing it?
It is not that war is profit. Dealing with our inefficient government is. Remember the $X00 hammers and toilet seats?
Actually this is no different than how businesses do business with government here at home. Businesses that provide drugs for medicare/aid charge double the regular price. Why should these guys be any different than any other company.
I would be willing to bet any company that got the job would be doing the same thing. Is is wrong? YES, but how do we go about changing it?
It is not that war is profit. Dealing with our inefficient government is. Remember the $X00 hammers and toilet seats?
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The sad part is that many of our citizens agree with that sweetheart deal and will run their personal lives with the same attitude. When the government continues to lie, deceive and use tax money for personal agendas, it sends a message to the populace, mostly unguided by anything other than TV network news, that those policies and actions are the right way to do things.
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