$72M Pile of Crap: Contractor Tomfoolery

HungryJoe

From Rolling Stone, The Great Iraq Swindle, an excellent article about how our contractors make sure our boys have "what they need to meet their goals."

HMTKSteve

Defense contractors who swindle the government should be tried for treason amd hung until dead.

GreatTeacherMacRoss

So what do you do when the executive branch and everyone associated with them not only makes it easier for people to do that, but encourages it and gives preferential treatment to companies who do just that?

HMTKSteve

So what do you do when the executive branch and everyone associated with them not only makes it easier for people to do that, but encourages it and gives preferential treatment to companies who do just that?

You say, "where the hell are those Congressional oversight people?" Last time I checked Congress does all of the funding in the US government.

GreatTeacherMacRoss

Of course. But when the congress is made up of people who are all in agreement to let the buddies of the people in the executive branch do fuck-all, like they were before the democrats took the majority, you get this sort of thing.

When the executive branch mocks congress and their commitees when they are formed, throw up roadblocks, when they say essentially that 'we are the executive branch and we can do whatever we want', what do you do?

RedShirt

So what do you do when the executive branch and everyone associated with them not only makes it easier for people to do that, but encourages it and gives preferential treatment to companies who do just that?

You say, "where the hell are those Congressional oversight people?" Last time I checked Congress does all of the funding in the US government.

Last I saw, they were busy lining their own pockets, diverting projects to their husbands and such.

Omnutia

Defense contractors who swindle the government should be tried for treason amd hung until dead.

Whats the point trying them then?