Halliburton pays workers $82,000 a year to do nothing.

[coloradodem2005]

Two people came forward on NBC nightly news to declare that they were given jobs and paid a lot, but the jobs did not entail work. This is with respect to Iraq.

Appearently, they are also given other props like staying in 5 star hotels.

[cthrumatrix]

1. with your tax dollars....enough said....F911 shows the cabal at work

[Wapsie B]

2. Sounds like

they hired one of Tony Soprano's crews.

[neuvocat]

3. Pork Barrell projects

so you have a situation where the more workers you have out there, the more tax dollars are being spent.

[physioex]

4. Youre pereaching to the choir..

Remeber the scene from F9/11 where the soldier was paid 2K a month while the Halliburton guy was paid 100K/year in addition to the benefits you mentioned above.....

[Yavin4]

5. Rank Amateurs Compared to Bush

He gets paid over $400,000 to go on vacations. Suckers. Bush invented slacking.

[opihimoimoi]

6. Bush gets 400K from us Americans, another 1.8 Billion from Saudi

[stavka]

7. I know somebody who's 30 year old son confirms this

Initially he was in Iraq translating (he is an Iraqi ex patriot) and asked for a transfer due to the violence and a desire to die of natural causes, they sent him to Kuwait - where he sits around watching TV (getting fat- his words). They charge the US Government/Tax Base $200,000 a year for his time, and pay him $125,000 tax free.

He also said half the translators can't translate - they are Moroccan or Tunisian guys who were doing gofer work at $8.00/hr under the table in Dearborn auto body shops before the war, and just make stuff up when the tribal dialects get too tough for them - and then laugh about it when they get back to their billets - "stupid American Lieutenants - believe anything" - It's not that they are malicious, just lazy and greedy.

[kdowney]

8. No surprise there.

Dick Cheney is a lazy sod.

[LTR]

9. Remember in F911?

The soldier bitching about the Haliburton driver that earns twice what he makes simply for driving the same secured 2 1/2 mile trip back and forth every day?

Ahhh...priorities.

It wouldn't be as big a deal were it not for the fact that the US government indirectly foots the bill.

And they still serve the troops dirty food. :grr:

[MrSlayer]

10. Hmm tax free cash for doing nothing and OUT of the warzone?

Now that's what I call a moral dilemma.

[burythehatchet]

11. catch the Countdown segment on Halliburton whistleblowers

coming up in a few minutes

[JanMichael]

12. Hell there are millions in America that "earn" $Millions for....

...literally nothing, or even less by being born lucky.

It's the way a giant swindling machine works.