Bringing Halliburton To Heel

Bringing Halliburton To Heel

Charlie Cray
September 27, 2004

The Army's recent decision to break up Halliburton's logistics contract doesn't make a dent in the war profiteer's monopoly. And despite evidence that the giant corporation was vastly overcharging taxpayers for services it provides, it still has almost exclusive access to many contracts in Iraq. The good news is that there's a bipartisan proposal in the Senate to create a war profiteering oversight committee. Corporate policy expert Charlie Cray explains.

Charlie Cray is the director of the Center for Corporate Policy and a collaborator on Halliburton Watch. His book, The People’s Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy, (co-authored with Lee Drutman) will be published by Berrett-Koehler in November.

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Recently, John Kerry finally took off the gloves and used the H-word in a blistering attack on the Bush administration’s Iraq quagmire.

“As president,” Kerry said, “I will stop companies like Halliburton from profiting at the expense of our troops and taxpayers. … And as commander in chief, I will have two words for companies that cheat the U.S. military: ‘You're fired.'”

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the blood for money guys are laughing like mad,because they know they are protected by the bush/chaney crooks.WAKE UP AMERICA,WE ARE BEING HAD BY THE REPUBLICAN SCUMBAGS.