Who benefits from Katrina?
POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Thursday, September 15, 2005 17:06
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*In a Spike voice*
That's bloody politics, mate.
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Adding to my previous post- I have a couple of comments that I didn't have time to add before.
The first is that at this point, I don't think the cronyism has involved vast sums of money. But eventually the Federal contracts be for billions of dollars, and some companies will rake it in. It would be nice if those companies were chosen on the basis of competence and cost effectiveness.
Also, I understand skipping the bidding process. It takes at least three months in our organization- typically four- and if you need to do something FAST then you skip the process altogether. But as a person who has administered several contracts, I can tell you that if had the kind of experience that the Feds had with Halliburton in Iraq, I would NOT go back for a second helping! If I didn't have a second source available, I'd be looking hard for one. As it is, it looks like they are setting Halliburton up to slide inot a cozy no-bid situation wshen the BIG bucks come rolling in because once somebody has started a job, it takes a lot to take them off.
So this is more of a head's up for the future. And six months from now, I expect I'll be saying (again) "It sure sucks being right all the time"
Please don't think they give a shit.
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