Isn't lying against the law when it comes to dealing with the government for any type contract

[madokie]

last week I watched the Waxman hearing with 'boy wanna be man whatever the fuck his first name is prince' of blackwater fame and he said he only had 1270 or so employees in Iraq with 800 some actually working in security. how is it ok for him to lie so? either he is lying to get the big contracts worth the millions his company is given or he was lying to the congress critters in that hearing.

maybe I'm misremembering the facts, the numbers or something, in a way I kinda hope so as he hasn't been called on any of it yet which would indicates to me thats its bidness as usual
we are so screwed blue and tatooed

[lonestarnot]

1. I missed the damn hearing.

Work gets in the way of us slave laborers.

[madokie]

4. I hear that.

It may not be soon enough for all of us but we, America, will bounce back from this nightmare and we will be much stronger for this than we were going into this sleep mode. I truly believe we will rise to the occasion so as to put a stop to this before its too late. Americans are waking up more and more each day

[lonestarnot]

6. Too optimistic for this early in the a.m. Madokie!

[madokie]

9. my bad

amazing what good weed will do for a mans outlook I guess ;-)

anyways have a great day, I'm out of here myself as I have a lot of work to do, plus somewhere here shortly I have to find the time to put on a big assed pot of brown beans and ham. Yes tonight it will be brown beans and ham with fried taters fried in the bacon grease from breakfast mind you and maccroni and cheese, oh can't forget the cornbread cooked on the big green egg now can I. ;-) come one come all, if theres not enough to feed everyone I always have some franks in the freezer I can thaw out.

[lonestarnot]

14. mmmm mmmm mmmm

Nothing like a critical case of munchies early in the morning. :donut:

[monktonman]

2. So we pay how many millions / billions for 1270 people?

Somethings not right there.
Either he's flat out lying about the numbers (he's a puke after-all)
or we're paying way, way, way too much for these guys.
Probably a combo of both.
Either way, we'll never know.

[MADem]

3. Parsing, maybe? Define "employee...."

If you have a single employee who manages a subcontract that employs hundreds, those subcontracted personnel are NOT 'your' employees.

DOD does this all the time, often with their computer geeks. It makes it easy to jettison them without having to pay them benefits. Use 'em up, wear 'em out.

I didn't see the hearing, I am distant from cable tv now, so I don't know the details. But that's one way that is common--and the guy wouldn't be lying, even if the subcontracted personnel are a thousand times the actual employee number.

[madokie]

5. Ok I see

what a play with words our government is, huh

[MADem]

7. All those filipinos and Koreans who sweep, make beds, cook food and so on?

They aren't 'employees' either. Neither are the Jamaicans at Gitmo--they're 'contract workers' and paid less than minimum wage, often.

[madokie]

11. during the raygun years I was a contract worker, no benefits but a hell of a paycheck

splchk

[MADem]

12. Yep, put all the dough up front. That's why the Blackwater types get so much money.

They've gotta arrange their own benefits...to include retirement.

[madokie]

13. you bet, I see the errs of my ways

I'm just glad I have the VA for health care now, otherwise I would be truly fucked
funny how that works, as I get older my eyesight declines where as now I can see much clearer

[Beelzebud]

8. That depends on if you can give your Senator a free vacation or not.

[madokie]

10. the best congress money can buy

didn't Will Rogers have a saying about that ;-)

[KittyWampus]

15. One person does "two" jobs. So Blackwater bills for two people. Example, someone who drives

is billed as a Driver and Security.