October 26, 2023
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Where's All Our Stuff, Dick

B. John 174 Views

According to a Bloomberg story, Haliburton (You remember them, Dick Cheney’s old company that got an $87B no-bid contract that Dick had nothing to do with?) has apparently lost $18.6 million in government property. This constitutes about a third of the property assigned to them.

Government auditors couldn’t account for 6,975 of 20,531 items on the ledgers of Halliburton’s Kellogg Brown & Root unit, according to a report by Stuart Bowen, auditor for the coalition provisional authority inspector general, which oversees contractors. Halliburton is providing services to U.S. troops under a contract that has generated $3.2 billion in revenue so far.

Ah, what the hell, Bush can just give his fat cat friends another tax break, and squeeze the rest of us a little more. We’ve gotta keep the money rolling into Haliburton. I’m sure Dick (and probably George too) have a nice Board position waiting on them once they are out of government. We can only hope its soon.

B. John

Records and Content Management consultant who enjoys good stories and good discussion. I have a great deal of interest in politics, religion, technology, gadgets, food and movies, but I enjoy most any topic. I grew up in Kings Mountain, a small N.C. town, graduated from Appalachian State University and have lived in Atlanta, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Dayton and Tampa since then.