WHITEFISH: "In no event shall [government bodies] have right to audit or review the cost & profit.."

[kpete]

Last edited Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:14 AM - Edit history (3)

Whitefish contract states, "In no event shall [government bodies] have the right to audit or review the cost and profit elements." Wow.

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https://www.bustle.com/p/puerto-ricos-whitefish-contract-was-leaked-this-is-why-its-so-problematic-2352361
(see: Page 25 of 42)
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4113619-Whitefish-Contract-Signed-10-17-Copy.html#document/p1

[HopeAgain]

1. Taking the swamp to Puerto Rico

[Cryptoad]

3. +1000

[treestar]

2. This is the privatization you can read about in

Shock Doctrine. Government is incompetent and the private sector can do it better. However, we the taxpayers have to make sure they make a profit. Whenever there is a disaster like this, they move in to make the money off of us. And they are often tied to people in the administration i.e. Halliburton.

[rockfordfile]

4. Lock them up!

[Cryptoad]

5. When did the GOP do away with ,,,,,

the old governmental practice of requiring bids on contracts????

[OnDoutside]

9. When they won all 3 branches of Government ?

[shraby]

14. That's my question.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Iraq War...Halliburton...

[Tom Rinaldo]

6. This is the story that we should focus on

It is so simple to understand. It is the swamp, it is cronyism, it is exploiting those most in need after a natural disaster. Anyone can get this. No one can defend it. I hope Rachel spends a half hour covering this scandal.

[tanyev]

7. Smelling very fishy.

[Stuart G]

8. Please do not be offended..but....Rotten Fish smell better than this deal..

Can you imagine if Obama had made a deal like this??

[dalton99a]

10. Outright thievery.

[Ken Burch]

11. Is the full name of that company "Coney Island Whitefish"?

[irisblue]

25. I haven't heard that in years..& yeah I think I agree.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Corruption. Brought to you by the tRump-Republicon kleptocracy. . . . . nt

[NewJeffCT]

13. I hope somebody can sue them over the contract

that is crazy.

[Not Ruth]

28. You would probably end up suing the person that signed the contract

[mopinko]

15. how is that even legal?

would that stand up in court? rly?

[Duppers]

16. mf'ng

K&R

[Thor_MN]

17. Someone should get one of the hired gun workers to say how much they are making...

If they find out what the bill out rates are, they may be willing to talk. I doubt they are taking home half what Whitefish is charging for them.

Whitefish should be investigated with the same intensity that Whitewater was.

[MontanaMama]

18. K&R

Is this a done deal? Have these terms been agreed upon?

[smirkymonkey]

19. K&R

[thesquanderer]

21. $332 per day for a room? Are they staying at a Trump hotel? (n/t)

[malaise]

22. And the Federal Government signed this contract

LOCK THEM THE FUCK UP!

This most be the most brazenly corrupt bunch in history

[tomg]

23. When I heard about the

Whitefish contract and the abysmal non-response by the government to the crisis in Puerto Rico the first thing that came to my mind was Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.

[pangaia]

30. Yup. Me too.

The perfect opportunity...

[Lee-Lee]

24. This is actually typical of disaster response contracts

Been there, done that.

As an example, $79 per person per day for food may sound excessive. But when you account for them having to be fed in a location where the grid is iffy and infrastructure isn't there so they can't just go to a restaurant. So they have to provide the logistics that delivers 3 meals a day, plus potable water, plus things like Gatorade given the nature of the work all to workers on an island with no infrastructure.

Even if you go the cheapest route and use MRE's (and you really don't want to do that the whole time) if you provide 3 full, quality MREs with heaters, 3 bottles of Gatorade and a dozen bottles of regular bottled water you are at around $40 in just materials. Now account for transporting costs first from the supplier to the port or airfield, transport costs to the island, and the costs of running the logistics chain all over the island to all your workers to distribute it and your are probably in the $60-70 per person, per day cost to feed them easily. And I didn't mention the logistics of providing ice to all them too in a remote location where you can't just buy it at a convenience store, doing that physical labor they need cold drinks in that climate. Just the logistics of ice can be more complicated than most people grasp.

It's not like taking a scout troop to McDonalds, it's a pretty complicated endeavor to keep a bunch of people fed in an operation like this.

[dpd3672]

26. Yeah, I don't know enough to make a call on those numbers

But you're also at the mercy of opportunists gouging as well. The guy who's got a generator chilling a fridge full of Gatorade might be charging $20 a bottle, so you can't really allow for a $2 bottle in the contract. Housing is also probably in high demand, with emergency workers competing with displaced locals for a warm, dry place to sleep The amount for housing might be a hotel room, or it might be a fraction of the cost to get a trailer to the location.

Everyone tries to make a buck in situations like this, I doubt anyone's hands are completely clean.

[Plucketeer]

32. Maybe.....

......FEMA still has a bunch of those formaldehyde-reeking trailers from Katrina they could lend to the effort. Those shitty trailers smack of this contract for grid renewal. How long will it be before the story of the f**king of Puerto Rico is a feature on 60 minutes?

[Skittles]

35. a thousand bucks to fly there?

[Not Ruth]

27. Did anyone sign this contract yet?

[Pepsidog]

29. Even Sawmp is embarrassed by these creatures

[BillyBobBrilliant]

31. And just how

the hell am I supposed to pledge allegiance to that?

Just asking as a patriotic Eagle Scout?

[world wide wally]

33. There is corruption, and there is this: Absolute corruption

[Sneederbunk]

34. Zinke already suspect because of travel escapades.