KBR Overbilling? Who cares!
This week, Bush and Cheney haters delighted in a recent report concerning alleged overcharging by Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root. The report by the International Advisory and Monitoring Board outlines how 208 million dollars should be returned to the Iraqis because Iraq was overcharged. The total value of the contracts are 1.4 billion dollars. So in effect, we have a 14% overcharging. Not totally outrageous, but very serious.
However, I am amazed at the reaction of people here in America over 208 million dollars. We have billions of dollars funneled to programs that have no accountability, we have a three TRILLION worth of missing inventory at the Pentagon, andwe’re worried about 208 million all of a sudden? As John Stossel would say, Gimme a break! We’re wasting more money to build a bridge in Alaska to connect 50 people to the mainland. This is nothing but demagoguery to distract from real problems.
