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Don1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 07:42 AM
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More Overcharges
From the article:
"The government has not lifted a finger to get back the $50 million Custer Battles defrauded it of," said Alan Grayson, an attorney for two whistleblowers, former company employee Pete Baldwin and Robert Isakson, a Custer Battles subcontractor.

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1616

Didn't Halliburton just steal $100 million, too? Corporate elitism is alive and well in our government, I guess. Not to mention the fact that we are hiring mercenaries...I always wondered what the term "private contractors" from MSM meant. Now, I know.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 07:45 AM
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1. Each one of these...
Is bigger than Teapot Dome. However, our MSM cannot be bothered to give them the coverage they deserve.

Telling.
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 08:14 AM
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2. Why don't we just pay our taxes to the corporations?
That way we can by pass the middle men or what we call the federal government. They are just handing our tax dollars to corporations anyway. Let's introduce a bill to pay our taxes to Halliburton, Custer Battles or whoever the politician is paying off now. Then we can do away with the politician.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:41 AM
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3. how about the missing $3 TRILLION??? . . .
I'm just askin' . . .
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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:56 PM
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4. the worst part is
this is just a fraction of what they get away with. they assume they will get called on some of it; its part of the cost of corrupt politics and fraudulent business. But, even when we spot the the low hanging fruit we let it fall on the ground ???!?!?! this is our government. its mine. its yours. its ours. wake up.

I am personally insulted by their trickery. They are mocking us when they show us how easily they can steal from us and wave the shrink-wrapped hundred dollar bills in our noses.... 'smell that?' They insult our intelligence.

"I always wondered what the term "private contractors" from MSM meant. Now, I know." i hadn't noticed that either... good observation.

-whrab
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