Army gives Halliburton $72m bonus

[illbill]

http://www.realopinion.com/realboards/showthread.php?t=2601

<snip>WASHINGTON -- The US Army said yesterday that it had awarded $72 million in bonuses to Halliburton Co. for logistics work in Iraq but had not decided whether to give the Texas company bonuses for disputed dining services to troops.<snip>

[OneBlueSky]

1. un-be-fucking-lievable . . . those are MY tax dollars they're giving away!

wait a minute . . . not they aren't . . . they're the tax dollars of Americans not even born yet . . .

whew! . . . had me worried there for a moment . . .

[politicaholic]

2. Kellogg, Brown, and Root took a loss last quarter...

So they're crying poverty.

Of course nobody has asked about the whole price gouging oil thing and oh yeah, that little "lost 22 million dollars" thing.

The Army has never been know for its financial savvy.

[Todd B]

3. Well, at least we know...

Well, at least now we know what that "emergency supplimental" bill (re, loan) was for. *rolleyes*

Hey, the troops don't need.. you know.. body armour and stuff when a couple of execs in Halliburton have Rolls Royces and Mansions.

Damn it I hate these people.

[indepat]

4. Just a token of appreciation for a job very well done

[KaliTracy]

5. how many bases could stay open with $72million? How many non-military

(and military) people could still have a job then?

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