$17,000 per month - That is what a military contractor says he is making in Iraq at the
following article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/... in the "In Iraq for the Money" section currently at the bottom of the page.
What the Frack?
How is the privatization of this service helping our country get things
done MORE EFFICIENTLY as promised.
Why the hell can't we pay our SOLDIERS what they are worth, and put these clowns out of business.
If the GRUNTS are making this much $$$, what are the CEOs / business men / war profiteers making?
Join me on the underside...
When we privatize armies, the corporations make more profits when there
is MORE WAR.
When we privatize Hospitals, and Doctors, and Pharmaceuticals, the corporations make more profits when there is MORE SICKNESS.
When we privatize Jails, the corporations make more profits when there are MORE PEOPLE INCARCERATED.
When we privatize energy, the corporations make more profits when WE
CONSUME MORE POWER.
When we give tax breaks to corporations for offshore earnings, the corporations make more profits when WE LOSE MORE JOBS.
The goal of the corporation is more profit. We have GOT to wake up
and realize that certain things should NEVER be done for profit; making war, and healing people being on the top of the list.
Lets end this insanity. Support the volunteer army, and raise the pay to $10000 / month for our soldiers and kick the contractors out.
Make health care a right, and remove the obscene profits.
End the drug war and treat drug use for what it is: a sickness for the addicted, entertainment, stress relief or medicine for others.
/End Rant
BTW - a vastly under-reported story -
In the article that started this rant, the contractor says that
their casualty rate is worse than the US troops:
"We had 160 in our group on my last tour," he said. "We lost 40 guys."