And as long as I'm covering some bleak and depressing aspects of the war today ...
Halliburton apparently charged the American people $27.5 million dollars to deliver $82,000 worth of fuel.
That's right, $27.5 MILLION.
True, Halliburton is doing dangerous and difficult work. And anyone who doesn't expect them to get as much of a profit as they possible can (often more than deserved) obviously knows nothing about the way that DC and corporate America work. But those numbers are positively scary and fall on the floor laughable. No wonder the Bushies run what few people remain committed to oversight of government spending, making sure we fight and defend ourselves effectively, out of Washington.
Posted by armand at March 16, 2005 12:19 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics