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To: bentway who wrote (290231)	6/6/2006 10:16:02 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1588679

"Why not just have the military prepare the meals, as they used to?" Don't you know that privatization is always cheaper? Get with the blind ideology! Facts don't matter, truthiness does!

To: bentway who wrote (290231)	6/7/2006 10:09:49 AM
From: kech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1588679

In a volunteer army people volunteer to fight not to throw hash. Your argument that it would be cheaper to have the troops do it misses the logic of outsourcing that is sweeping american business. Focus on what you do best, and if there are outsources that can do it better or cheaper, rely on them. The $27 per meal could well be much lower than what the Army would be providing it themselves, and probably the quality would not be near as good. The importance to moral for great meals can't be underestimated for a bunch of kids away from home, and I have heard some amazing things about how great the food is, thanks to Haliburton. Try thinking about what these costs include, and what the Army's costs would be, and what the Army's quality would be, before claiming corruption.