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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Mannie who wrote (27565)9/15/2003 9:14:23 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
Funding for new work, which will be open only to U.S. firms as lead contractors

To be fair, if this is the US government or a govt-funded body spending its own money, then while it might not be wise to have a US-only, no-bid assignation of funds - while it might not be in the best interests of the US itself to be handing money to big GOP donors - it's not illegal and there's no legal reason why the funding should be thrown open to competitors.

Rnning a country on "What's good for Bechtel is good for us all" possibly isn't that wise. But it'll be interesting to see who ends up as a 'consultant' for them, or HAL, or Fluor, or Carlyle, after the 2004 elections.

Could abuse of office and misappropriation of federal funds be grounds for criminal trial? Treason, even? hopefully something carrying the death penalty... and given how biblical these guys are, I think it only fair to enforce such punishments even unto the seventh generation which would at least ensure we'll have no Bush III.
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