Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Several Lists of War Profiteering Companies

During Tuesday's news conference, Bush spewed about Congress needing to cut spending so we could be fiscally responsible and pay for hurricane relief... b/c God forbid we raise taxes to Clinton levels, eh? On Monday, hubby and I had our friend over for dinner. He is a gay Repub, and friend of mine since the 4th grade. He is very dear to me; I stayed w/him and his boyfriend for a bit while staying in New Orleans just after graduating college, and he now lives in Germany working as an architect for the Army Corps of Engineers. He is an old-school Goldwater kind of GOPer- he is against this war, hates Bush and his band of theocrats, and he did vote for Kerry in 04. We were discussing the war, and I asked him (since he is on a base and hears things that us civilians don't hear) how much longer did he think the war will last? His answer: "It can't last much past spring. The Army is flat f-cking broke. The Army Corps of Engineers has to cut 100s of workers b/c there is NO MONEY anywhere to be found." So, you have to ask yourself: WHO is MAKING MONEY off the WAR? Here is the answer: 1) FastFactsOrg-- The Defense Industry's top 10 contractors. 2) The Center for Public Integrity-- Businesses of War. 3) Wash Technology-- top 100 fedrl contractors AND their revenue amounts. 4) Wash Post 10/03/05: $2.1 bln in arms sale to Saudis. Just take a gander at these unbeliveable dollar amounts, and then guess at how many of them are heavy GOP contributors w/massive tax breaks... kinda adds up, eh? Lots of bloodmoney is being made, lots of wealthy tax breaks are still doled out-- all at America's & Iraq's expense.
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