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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:33 PM Original message |
House Panel: U.S. paying Blackwater USA $1,222 a day for each of the company's guards |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder how much the individual mercenary is actually getting? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and how much is passed on in GOP contributions? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Seems I remember each individual is knocking down about $100K a year. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. American Military personnel should feel scandalized by these mercenaries ... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's exactly right, trajan! Our soldiers are being SCREWED by repukes. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. no, the regular military seems more-and-more the farm league... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Seems about right |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You say 'no' .... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. no not at all-- I agree completely.... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ah .... Sarcasm often escapes my notice without those emoticons to flag it out .... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. check this thread/story |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. So if they paid the Military Troops as much as the contractors, |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's about three times what Petreaus makes. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!! |
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