If that's the case, then why did Bush give BILLIONS of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies like Halliburton?
2006-07-26 04:17:55 · 10 answers · asked by tangerine 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Halliburton was put in place in Iraq before the war even began so that they'd be the only choice. It was planned from the beginning, I'm afraid, that Halliburton would win those contracts.
And given all the campaign money Microsoft gave to the GOP, it's no wonder why a Bush appointee made the DOJ rollback antitrust efforts against Microsoft.
"My own personal view, is the application of antitrust laws needs to be applied where there are clear cases of price-fixing." - George W. Bush, February 2000
If only Bush's view of price-fixing wasn't so narrow. It doesn't take a genius to see how mega-mergers and monopolies end up reducing competition & reducing all the benefits that competition brings. So long as it makes billions for the Friends of Bush, I doubt Bush loses much sleep over the lack of competition.
2006-07-26 04:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dave of the Hill People 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There aren't a lot of companies in the world that do what Halliburton does. It would be like not giving a contract to Microsoft for building Windows software.
2006-07-26 11:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under normal circumstances, the Army Corps of Engineers would have been required to put the oil fire contract out for competitive bidding. But in times of emergency, when national security is involved, the government is allowed to bypass normal procedures and award contracts to a single company, without competition.
And that's exactly what happened with Halliburton.
“We are the only company in the United States that had the kind of systems in place, people in place, contracts in place, to do that kind of thing,” says Chuck Dominy, Halliburton’s vice president for government affairs and its chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill.
He says the Pentagon came to Halliburton because the company already had an existing contract with the Army to provide logistical support to U.S. troops all over the world.
“Let me put a face on Halliburton. It's one of the world's largest energy services companies, and it has a strong engineering and construction arm that goes with that” says Dominy.
“You'll find us in 120 countries. We've got 83,000 people on our payroll, and we're involved in a ton of different things for a lot of wonderful clients worldwide.”
“They had assets prepositioned,” says Anderson. “They had capability to reach out and get sub-contractors to do the various types of work that might be required in a hostile situation.”
2006-07-26 11:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by mjboog2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best company, most prepared and equipped to get the job done quickly. Every country in the world knows Halliburton has the resources to repair infrastructure the fastest and most efficiently.
2006-07-26 11:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
true, it's funny Cheney's company got the contract when the fed is supposed to auction the job to the lowest bidder.
I wouldn't call that "republican" though, it's called corporatism. Thats the philosphy running our country now. If it's good for the corporate entities, then it must be good for...well...corporate entities. We don't enter into the picture on that.
I think many Republicans are still decent patriots who care about the people in this country.
I mean, ...who wouldn't appreciate having real security for "we the people" instead of security for "the bottom line".
Good luck, in these days of super debt.
They get to play with the money, we get to pay it back. If your child is born today he/she already owes about $40,000 toward the national debt.
2006-07-26 11:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by omnimog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the same reason that President Clinton gave no-bids to Haliburton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't know that , did you?
hahahaha
what a moron.
They're the only people who could do the job!!!!! And there is a system where in emergency situations where there is no time to bid, a no bid contract is awarded. All presidents do it!
2006-07-26 11:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They compete to see who can collect the most graft!
2006-07-26 11:21:16 · answer #7 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have been redone thank to the out cry of some peoples
2006-07-26 11:20:55 · answer #8 · answered by idontkno 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno bout the no bids, but yup. competition is the best form of innovation.
once you put politics into it, it sucks but then again politics ruin everything
2006-07-26 11:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by digital genius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a huge hypocricy.
2006-07-26 11:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by david c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋