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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-11 11:30 PM
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House panel hearing explores U.S. government contractors’ exploitation of workers overseas
If Americans ever think about the employees of government subcontractors, it’s doubtful that sex traders, indentured servants and exploited workers living in barbed-wire compounds come to mind.

They should now.

That’s the image left by a congressional hearing Wednesday that asked: “Are government contractors exploiting workers overseas?”

The answer apparently is yes. What’s also disturbing about this story is Uncle Sam’s ineptness in stopping the exploitation.

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-panel-hearing-explores-us-government-contractors-exploitation-of-workers-overseas/2011/11/02/gIQAImMggM_story.html
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